Tsonga Figurative Prestige Spoon, South Africa

Frank Dalvin, London, 1960s
Maurice Joy, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Very good condition overall; minor age cracks on proper left chest of figure, wear and tear from traditional handling, fiber of right earring broken and repaired; exceptionally fine aged medium brown patina with red natural and dark brown pigment.
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For a closely related spoon in the Brenthurst Collection see Johannesburg Art Gallery (1991: 7, pl. 7, cat. 522).