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A FINE BEMBE MALE FIGURE
The clenched hands held before the scarified abdomen, triangular beard, shell-inlaid eyes, prominent sex, fetish cavity in the rectum retaining charge, find dark glossy patina, old labels
5½in. (14cm.) high
The clenched hands held before the scarified abdomen, triangular beard, shell-inlaid eyes, prominent sex, fetish cavity in the rectum retaining charge, find dark glossy patina, old labels
5½in. (14cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Literature
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.138 (not illustrated)
Exhibited
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.138