Specifications

• Height: 44,5 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position: squatting
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: $ 12.100,-; Bonham’s $ 12.-18.000,- NS

Provenance

Jef Vanderstraete, Lasne; Sotheby’s, New York 15-5-1991, lot 9; Stanley and Sara Lederman, New York; Bonham’s NY 13-12-2023, lot

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Additional information

Small blocks below the butocks and feet emphasize the importance of this ancestor. In between the raised hands is a diminutive box for betel or tobacco.

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