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LOT 4:
Toma / Guro Female Figure
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Start price:
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2,250
Estimated price :
$3,500 - $7,000
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sales tax: 6.35%
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Toma / Guro Female Figure
Toma / Guro People: Female Figure, Guinea. The sculpture represents a female figure with beautiful scarification on her breasts and torso, pierced ear lobes, cowrie shell eyes, and an impressive display of teeth. The figure wears a cowrie shell adorned leather cap, topped with a tuft of animal hair. There is a double string od beads around her neck, and her waist is surrounded with a string of blue beads and a tattered rough-fiber cloth. The face shows the patination of libations. Overall there is a dark brown patina. The estimated age of this piece is late 19th Century.
Dimensions: 43 H x 12 W x 9 D (inches)
Provenance: From the private collection of Massachusetts Gentlemen.
NOTE: Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.
Condition: Abrasions and worn areas consistent with it's former use and age.
Note: Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.
