Wood, glass beads, plant fiber height 18 1/4in (46.4cm) Provenance Walter and Molly Bareiss Collection, Munich/New York Neumeister, Munich, 13 November 2008, Lot 1309 Bryan Reeves Gallery, London Dalton-Somare Gallery, Milan Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon Published Roy, Christopher, Kilengi: Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Bareiss, 1997, p.126 pl. 64 Schaedler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Panterra Verlag, Munich, 2009, p. 643 Of overall elongated proportions, legs slightly bent at the knees and wearing a beaded apron around the hips; the torso with conical breasts and slightly swayed back with long arms held out at the side; the cylindrical neck supporting her diminutive spherical head with bead inserted as eyes; ritual residue to the back of the head; a hole to renal area; each hand with three piercings to the fingers, one with a fiber cord attached; fine reddish brown reflective patina.