Lot: 37
Circa 1890.
Features a yellow glass trade seed bead necklace, Yoruba zig-zag blue and purple facet cut glass trade bead waist belt, hand carved zig-zag scarification on the back, traditional identification facial scarification and 3 symmetrical triple cut patterns scarification to the abdomen coifed with a Yoruba crown pigmented in purple.
Red David Howard Tribal Arts sticker sticker reads Yoruba Twin.
Approximate dimensions: 9 1/8 high x 3 wide x 2 3/4 inches deep..
Ex-collection Dimondstein Tribal Arts, Joshua Dimondstein, 11041 Santa Monica Blvd. 701, Los Angeles, CA 90025. Exhibited at the Caskey Lees San Francisco Tribal and Textile Arts Show Fort Mason, 2010.
Condition: Overall wear appropriate for tribal use, crack to the chest and back, crack next to the right foot.
Auction Date: November 21, 2020