Sakalava Female Funerary Figure
Sakalava Female Funerary Figure, Madagascar, standing on a short, square base, with straight legs, beneath an elongated torso wearing a garment, with shoulders held back, and leading to attenuated arms and hands held on hips, the cylindrical neck supporting a rectangular shaped head with pointed nose, and small, round ears, wearing a swept-back coiffure in two parts, weathered, aged patina, on metal base, (age cracks), ht. 34 1/2 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Sophie Van Assche Gallery, Ghent, Belgium; Old Dutch collection, The Netherlands.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Sakalava Female Funerary Figure, Madagascar, standing on a short, square base, with straight legs, beneath an elongated torso wearing a garment, with shoulders held back, and leading to attenuated arms and hands held on hips, the cylindrical neck supporting a rectangular shaped head with pointed nose, and small, round ears, wearing a swept-back coiffure in two parts, weathered, aged patina, on metal base, (age cracks), ht. 34 1/2 in.
Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts; Sophie Van Assche Gallery, Ghent, Belgium; Old Dutch collection, The Netherlands.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.