A Serene Baga Shrine Sculpture Ex Warkow Collection
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A fine and charming old carved wooden shrine effigy with classic facial features and shown with hands in a gesture of offering. There are a few areas on linear scar designs and a open cavity in the chest may have served as a place fo insert offerings. Baga peoples, Guinea, West Africa. The sculpture Measures 23 inches tall on wooden 5.5 x 5.5 inch base, 20 inches tall sculpture itself. Provenance: Ex Stewart Warkow Collection, New York, also a Private New Jersey collection.
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Fair, losses below the knees, weathered and worn, well handled
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A Serene Baga Shrine Sculpture Ex Warkow Collection
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
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