Lot 103 Dα

The figure displays the classic traits of Ntumu sculpture, with its elongated torso and slender arms detached from the body with the hands before the chest. The calves and thighs are short, the head with its concave face has a large domed forehead and large eyes, the mouth is without visible teeth.

A similar figure, carved from alstonia wood and also with extensive erosion, was collected by Captain Augustin Cottes in 1905 in the north of Equitorial Guinea or southern Cameroon and is now in the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (Perrois, L. et al., Les Forêts natales, Arts d'Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, p.194).