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Details
four songye figures
Each standing with the hands on the abdomen, the tallest with hide skirt; another with cloth skirt and band of reptilian skin about the waist, hide cap, metal rings about the arms, dark oily patina; another with small horn attached to one arm, a copper pin in the grooved and lobed coiffure; the last with domed coiffure and one arm deficient
13cm. to 17cm. high (4)
Each standing with the hands on the abdomen, the tallest with hide skirt; another with cloth skirt and band of reptilian skin about the waist, hide cap, metal rings about the arms, dark oily patina; another with small horn attached to one arm, a copper pin in the grooved and lobed coiffure; the last with domed coiffure and one arm deficient
13cm. to 17cm. high (4)
Provenance
Miguel Covarrubias for the largest figure and Timmermans for the figure with one arm
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.98, fig.97
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.