moi Wood height 29in (73.66cm) Provenance Jay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania Thence by descent Published Carnegie Institution, Department of Fine Arts, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1959, fig. 134 Exhibited Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff, Carnegie Institute, 15 October 1959 - 3 January 1960. According to the Carnegie Institution (Ibid.), this figure was found between Tourane and Qui Nhon. Carved from dense, hard wood, the artist has carved this figure sitting with the elbows resting on its knees, with each hand supporting the proportionally-large head; heavily worked light brown patina with wear and erosion indicative of significant age.