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TWO SMALL YAKA FIGURES
Each wearing conical cap and with the arms carved in relief and hands held to the chest, one with flexed knees, the other a half figure with strand of fibre tied about the neck, dark patinas
11.5cm. and 14.5cm. high (2)
Each wearing conical cap and with the arms carved in relief and hands held to the chest, one with flexed knees, the other a half figure with strand of fibre tied about the neck, dark patinas
11.5cm. and 14.5cm. high (2)
Provenance
André Lefèvre, Paris, for the first figure
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.76, fig.71 and p.79, fig.74
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.