Figural couple

Guinea-Bissau, Bissagos Islands, Bidjogo

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Jean Yves Coué, Nantes, France Jean-Louis Capuno, Lannion, France Pousse-Cornet-Valoir, Blois,14 December 2020, Lot 281	H: 16.1 inch & 16.9 inch	4500 EUR plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance

wood, inscribed "Pelt"

Unusual pair of figures. The physignomy of the hat-wearing figure bears resemblance to a monkey, but the sexless body is human. The hat, borrowed from the former colonial masters, is often found on "iran otibago" figures of the Bidjogo.

Possibly the representation of a revered ancestral couple.

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