Miniature Bembe female figurine carved in a dark wood with a sac in one hand knife in the other. Stomach has perforated beauty scars. Feet have a cordage wrapped around them. Cordage also around the neck. Right ear broken. Part of pair. 7/29/2026: of classic form with raised scarification patterns on belly, the outstretched hands holding a gourd and an implement, the feet resting on a low, round plinth bound in cane, the neck wrapped in unpatinatcd raffia, the strongly featured face surmounted by pointed ears and a cap-like coiffure, the whole characteristically rendered in two toned wood and exhibiting considerable signs of age and use. (From appraisal document). IS