Beschreibung:

A fine Tabwa/Jiji seated female figure seated on a tall, openwork stool, the rounded hips leading to elongated torso tapered at the center and flaring to broad shoulders, the bent arms held out to the sides and holding a hollowed vessel, the attenuated neck supporting the head with jutting, softly rounded jaw, pursed lips and outlined, coffee-bean eyes framed by notched scarification and C-shaped ears and wearing an incised, cap-like coiffure; the body decorated with incised dentil-molded and diamond-shaped scarification. '493' in white pigment at the reverse; deep brown surface overall. height 21 1/2 in. 54.6cm