"Antique Carved Wooden Statuette, Ibedji, Yoruba, Nigeria, Beautiful Patina, Blue Polychromy"
Antique female statuette, Ibedji Yoruba, Nigeria; carved wood with a beautiful patina of age. The female figure is firmly planted on short legs, arms at her sides, square shoulders, a wide-mouthed face, scarred cheeks, and a head topped with a high, finely worked conical headdress coated with indigo.
Height: 24 cm.
Provenance: former collection of a French diplomat on a mission to Africa.
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