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LOT 1664
Senufo Seated Female Figure
19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
23 7/8 in. (5.9 kg, 60.5 cm high).
A large carved wooden female figure, seated, bearing a pot on her head, wearing a dress, holding two iron implements and decorated with inset cowrie shells and small beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Exeter, UK, ethnographical collection.
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