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Sierra Leone, Mende

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Roy Stacy, Washington D.C., USA (1970)	H: 18.3 inch	This object is not available anymore.

wood, shiny dark brown patina, in form of a standing fermale figure, the neck carved with rings, high towering coiffure arranged in fanciful plaits, incised tattoos on forehead and cheeks, min. dam., minor missing parts, cracks, abrasion of paint (face, breasts), missing parts through insect caused damage (head), traces of cuts on breasts and stomach

Hart, W. A., Sculptures of the Njayei Society among the Mende, in: African Arts, 26 (Juli 1993), p. 46-53 & 86

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