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A FINE PAIR OF BAULE FIGURES
The female seated on a stool, the child on her lap suckling at her left breast, her left hand held to her breast, her right supporting the child's head, the coiffure in five lobes, keloids about the face, neck breasts and lower back, carved bands below each knee, cotton loincloth, encrusted red and black patina with blue pigment to the upper eye lids, the male seated on a whitened chair with the arms carved in relief, the hands on the abdomen, carved bands to his left upper arm, keloids about the face and neck, incised coiffure, black patina
The female 20½in. (52.5cm.), the male 23¼in. (59cm.) high (2)
The female seated on a stool, the child on her lap suckling at her left breast, her left hand held to her breast, her right supporting the child's head, the coiffure in five lobes, keloids about the face, neck breasts and lower back, carved bands below each knee, cotton loincloth, encrusted red and black patina with blue pigment to the upper eye lids, the male seated on a whitened chair with the arms carved in relief, the hands on the abdomen, carved bands to his left upper arm, keloids about the face and neck, incised coiffure, black patina
The female 20½in. (52.5cm.), the male 23¼in. (59cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Henri Kamer, 1958