Anthropomorphic head sculpture - Sierra Leone, Sapi

steatit (soapstone),

For generations, farmers in Sierra Leone and adjacent areas of Liberia and Guinea have unearthed small stone figures.

Broadly attributed to the forefathers of the present-day Kissi people and the vanished Sapi peoples, the carvings range from heads and half figures to full figures and groups.
H: 8,5 cm; L: 9 cm, H: 3,3 inch; L: 3,5 inch

Provenance:
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Munich Private Collection

Lit.: Lamp, John Frederick, Stone Effigies of the Ancient Sapi, New York 2018, p. 58, Fig. 57
Condition Report: See description