Lot 49
£425
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
carved stone, possibly depicting a warrior, the figure is shown holding a shield by the left arm, with the right held into the side, the face reduced to a series of planes with a domed coiffure above, the shoulders hunched at the back with a projection below the neck, with a painted inventory number reading "2005", raised on a bespoke mount
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired prior to 1960's in situ, western Guinea.