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LOT 2450
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]
ProvenanceFrom Côte d'Ivoire/Ghana.
From an old Newbury, UK, ethnographic collection.
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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