Wood height 18 1/2in (47cm)) Provenance Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp/Brussels, (African Heritage Archives, no. 0010958) Pace Primitive, New York Christie's, Paris, 16 June 2009, Lot 85 Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C. The artist has captured both power and tension in this figure with the intense facial features; standing as if appearing to crouch forward with the arms and hands clenched in front above the legs bent at the knees in front; fine dark brown weathered patina.