Afo statue Nigeria / Cameroon Wood H. 24,5 cm Provenance : - Galerie l'Accrosonge, circa 1990 Interesting statuette representing a female figure with powerful volumes, bent legs resting on shapely calves, the gravid belly, the protruding navel, the tense chest, the bent arms, the wrists decorated with bracelets, the round head with a schematized face. The back and face are covered with scarification marks. Left arm and tips of the feet are missing. Nice patina of use, slightly crusty.

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