A Decorative Early 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Male Ancestor Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles erloo kunssentrum du Toit street

erloo kunssentrum du Toit street 272 pretoria foon 3-7549”

Height: 29 inches (with cats)

It weighed 7 tonnes and measured 23 feet high

tapering to 11 inches at bottom & 12 inches at top

with one end of the flag grubby

A Decorative Early 20thC North African Polychrome Carved Wooden Male Ancestor Figure sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles erloo kunssentrum du Toit streetOrigin: Moroccan Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1910 Height: 22 inches Width: 6. 5 inches Depth: 5. 5 inches (all at maximum) The ceremonial carved and disproportionate male figure, standing with an oversize Mohican head, painted with polychrome highlights in rust, ebony and ivory, the figure perched on a stylised wooden log. The figure does show its age, (which is actually quite nice) there is some damage (cracking) to