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Description : Bidjogo Standing Maternity Figure, Guinea Wood, pigment, beads height 15 5/8in (39.8cm) Provenance Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 2002, Lot 2 Myron Kunin Collection, Minneapolis Sotheby's, New York, In Pursuit of Beauty - The Myron Kunin Collection of African Art, 11 November 2014, Lot 21 Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon Carved in light wood standing on a squared base, the mother holds the child's feet which, together with its arms, wrap around from the back; the female with muscular arms and broad shoulders and neck with incised neckband; light brown patina with dark brown pigmentation to the coiffures, skirt and top of the base. For further information on this lot please visit the website

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