Lot Essay
Cf. Allison, P., African Stone Sculpture, London, 1968, pl.63, for a related small Sherbro figure in the British Museum, carved in a dark grey stone which the author describes as probably not a steatite
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Details
a rare sierra leone stone male figure
Crouching with the elbows on the knees, the forearms missing, finely carved facial features, a cavity in the top of the head, the figure leaning against a structure or chair at the top of which appear to be the legs of a further figure now missing
11cm. high
Crouching with the elbows on the knees, the forearms missing, finely carved facial features, a cavity in the top of the head, the figure leaning against a structure or chair at the top of which appear to be the legs of a further figure now missing
11cm. high
Provenance
Harold Dobinson, Sergeant in the Royal Engineers, posted to Sierra Leone in 1943 to set up a sawmill. He remained there until 1950 working for the Government Forestry Commission.