Lot 906

YORUBA CARVED WOOD IBEJI FEMALE FIGURE

Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
£400
Description
the slender head and stylised coiffure, above elongated arms and a protruding torso, with a beaded necklace and waistband, raised on a circular base, with traces of ochre powder
Dimensions
26.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
The Todd Gordon Collection of African Art
Ex. collection Dr Edmund Muller Foundation, Switzerland.
Purchased Sotheby's New York, 22 Nov 1998 (Lot 82, part)
