African rosewood sculpture of a seated musician c. 1960
Price: £75A Pair of African Carved Wood Figure Head Plaques, C20th
Price: £45A Pair of African Ebony Wood Makonde Style Carved Figures, probably late C20th
Price: £55Maasai and Makonde are ethnic terms used to describe African peoples who live in Tanzania, Mozamique and Kenya, with their own distinctive languages, culture and art. This pair of figures is typical of the wood carvings produced by their craftsmen in the second half of the twentieth century but their quality and size is well above average, the ebony wood finely rendered with much attention to detail and finished with a highly attractive glossy patina. The two figures complement one another well, their heads slightly turned to face one another with their legs turned slightly outwards and their robes flowing almost in mirror image. The abstract style makes them well suited to a contemporary interior where they could prove a striking accessory.