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A FINE SONGYE MAGIC FIGURE
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the hands on the abdomen, a large horn inset in the top of the head, dark patina
20cm. high
Standing with the arms carved free of the body and the hands on the abdomen, a large horn inset in the top of the head, dark patina
20cm. high
Literature
Fagg, W., Miniature Wood Carvings of Africa, Bath, 1970, p.94, fig.91
Exhibited
African and New Guinea Sculpture from the Josef Herman Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1969, no. 29
Special notice
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