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LOT 2291

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

SENUFO WOODEN MALE FIGURE
20TH CENTURY A.D.
27 1/8 in. (1.9 kg, 69 cm high).

Depicted squatting and displaying scarification marks around the chest, median crested coiffure with hands resting on the knees. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
From Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana.
From an old Newbury, UK, ethnographic collection.

FOOTNOTES:
The Senufo peoples are distributed in West Africa in the area of Cote d'Ivoire and Mali. They are famed for their woodcarving skills as well as their musical abilities.

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