A Bijogo seated male figure

A Bijogo seated male figure

Guinea Bissau

wearing a rimmed hat and with relief zig-zag side coiffure, pouting mouth and a ribbed neck, on a pedestal stool with his hands supporting the sides, the encrusted patina with egg shells and with a tied fibre and leather cord with chicken skeletal remains to his right wrist,

50cm high, on a stand.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, Important Tribal Art, 29 Nov 1984, lot 171.

Romy Rey Collection, London.