Dogon Female Ancestor Figure, Mali

Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, by 1959
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 10-11, 1975, lot 176A, consigned by the above

Carnegie Institute, Department of Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, The Art of Black Africa: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, October 24, 1969 - January 18, 1970

Walter Ashlin Fairservis, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, p. 132, no. 194
Carnegie Institute, The Art of Black Africa: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1969, no. 14

Good condition overall. Old chipping and losses around edges of feet and integrally-carved plinth. Age crack to back of plinth between feet. Minor age cracks, erosion, and surface cavities. Marks, nicks, scratches, abrasions, and small chips. Face with old erosion as shown in catalogue illustration, patinated over. Fine aged dark brown patina with crusty surface of ritually-applied material.
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