ARTS D'AFRIQUE Sapi effigy, Sierra Leone
Oily stone
Height: 15 cm

Kneeling figu…

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ARTS D'AFRIQUE

Sapi effigy, Sierra Leone Oily stone Height: 15 cm Kneeling figure, hands tucked under the chin, face detailed in clean lines. Found in cultivated fields, this type of work was apparently linked to agrarian cults intended to promote crop fertility.

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