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The Ruth and Marc Franklin Collection
Lot 80

Standing Female Figure, possibly Zulu, Tsonga or Nguni, South Africa

11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
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Standing Female Figure, possibly Zulu, Tsonga or Nguni, South Africa

Wood, glass beads, plant fiber
height 18 1/4in (46.4cm)

Provenance
Walter and Molly Bareiss Collection, Munich/New York
Neumeister, Munich, 13 November 2008, Lot 1309
Bryan Reeves Gallery, London
Dalton-Somare Gallery, Milan
Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon

Published
Roy, Christopher, Kilengi: Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, 1997, p.126 pl. 64
Schaedler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Panterra Verlag, Munich, 2009, p. 643

Of overall elongated proportions, legs slightly bent at the knees and wearing a beaded apron around the hips; the torso with conical breasts and slightly swayed back with long arms held out at the side; the cylindrical neck supporting her diminutive spherical head with bead inserted as eyes; ritual residue to the back of the head; a hole to renal area; each hand with three piercings to the fingers, one with a fiber cord attached; fine reddish brown reflective patina.

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