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A RARE CENTRAL AFRICAN DOLL
The standing female figure with flared skirt and scorched belt, the angled face with scorched features, scorched embellishments, old accession number 16588
19cm. high
The standing female figure with flared skirt and scorched belt, the angled face with scorched features, scorched embellishments, old accession number 16588
19cm. high
Provenance
Paul Guillaume, Paris
Josef Herman, London
Josef Herman, London
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.44, fig.31, as perhaps from the Republic of Chad.
Attenborough, D. and Waterfield, H. et al., Miniature African Sculptures from the Herman Collection, London, 1985, p.41, fig.28
Attenborough, D. and Waterfield, H. et al., Miniature African Sculptures from the Herman Collection, London, 1985, p.41, fig.28
Exhibited
Durham, Bristol, Swansea, Sheffield, Coventry, exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1985
Special notice
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