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SAKALAVA
Details
A FINE MADAGASCAR FEMALE FIGURE
Sakalava
Standing with the bent arms carved free of the body and the hands each side of the abdomen, large breasts, the coiffure as numerous spikes, the feet carved in relief on the rectangular base, weathered surface
90cm. high
Sakalava
Standing with the bent arms carved free of the body and the hands each side of the abdomen, large breasts, the coiffure as numerous spikes, the feet carved in relief on the rectangular base, weathered surface
90cm. high
Provenance
Maurice Bonnefoy
Literature
Robbins, W., and Nooter, N., African Art in American Collections, Washington, 1989, p.528, fig.1396
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