Wood height 21 1/2in (54.5cm) Provenance Roger Asselberghs Collection, Brussels (African Heritage Archives no. 0118074) Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels Franklin Family Collection, Portland, Oregon Finely carved in hard wood of large proportions; the long and powerful cylindrical neck curving slightly inwards to support the head with a tranquil, meditative expression; the coiffure in a bundle with multiple curvilinear planes running from the forehead to the back; fine light brown weathered patina. Cf. Tribal Arts, no. 22 (Winter 1999/Spring 2000), p. 84, fig. 1 for a Belanda funerary sculpture, Abare-Azande style, the head with similar facial features and coiffure.