American artist doll in Nigerian costume. Purchased 2000

Figure offered for sale on Ebay November 2001 by dealer from Norfolk, UK

This African fertitlity figure is part of a collection made by a relative who travelled the world with his work in the early 1900s.He described the figure as a YORUBA fertility figure with high glossy patina.It was purchased on a trip to BABA MAGBA in africa in the 1920s,but it was not new then and i believe it to date from the late 1800s.It is made from a reddish wood and shows a female kneeling and holding her breasts.Good genuinne original piece increasingly hard to find.It stands approx 14 inches tall.It is in very good original condition just a chip of wood off the base.



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Nigeria

Figure sold on Ebay September 2001: Metal
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