A Bobo/Koro standing warrior figure, Burkina Faso, with crescent shaped headdress, the body carved as square scales, with pronounced belly button and visible genitalia, holding a short knife, 51.5cm; a Baule seated ancestor figure, Asie Usu, Ivory Coast, wearing a pith helmet, the sides of the face with scarification marks, his hands joining at the tip of his plaited beard, seated upon a stool, 47cm, both figures covered in a thick pigment,
The collection of Eric Mayes.
Sold for £40
A Bobo/Koro standing warrior figure, Burkina Faso, with crescent shaped headdress, the body carved as square scales, with pronounced belly button and visible genitalia, holding a short knife, 51.5cm; a Baule seated ancestor figure, Asie Usu, Ivory Coast, wearing a pith helmet, the sides of the face with scarification marks, his hands joining at the tip of his plaited beard, seated upon a stool, 47cm, both figures covered in a thick pigment,
ProvenanceThe collection of Eric Mayes.