Pair of Ebrie Female Figures, Ivory Coast
heights 10 and 11in (25.5 and 28cm)
each with adjustable arms attached by nails, a leather throng to hold a red cloth at front and back, voluminous pointed breasts and a face, bordered by diminutive demilune ears, with a long, slender nose bordered by wide squinting eyes, one figure seated on a stool with a tripartite coiffure, the other standing with a hollow, circular coiffure on top; varied dark brown patina.
Provenance:
Harvey T. Menist, Amsterdam, 1968
Private Collector, New York
cf. Robbins (1966: fig. 112)
each with adjustable arms attached by nails, a leather throng to hold a red cloth at front and back, voluminous pointed breasts and a face, bordered by diminutive demilune ears, with a long, slender nose bordered by wide squinting eyes, one figure seated on a stool with a tripartite coiffure, the other standing with a hollow, circular coiffure on top; varied dark brown patina.
Provenance:
Harvey T. Menist, Amsterdam, 1968
Private Collector, New York
cf. Robbins (1966: fig. 112)
Estimate:
US$ 3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,300
€2,300 - 3,900
£2,000 - 3,300
€2,300 - 3,900
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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