Provenance: The work was purchased by the client in approximately 1990 from a Gallery in Atlanta, GA that was storing a large collection of his sculptures that were going to be on exhibition at one of the local Universities – Emory University and Moorehouse College.
This sculpture is currently in the USA.
The sculpture depicts an abstracted figure having both human and animal attributes; an elongated head atop a gracefully curving body; Zimbabwean, 20th century.
Size: 25.5 inches high by 11 inches wide by 6 inches deep
Marks: J. C. Mariga, numbered 1165
Condition: Overall, the condition is good with minor scratches
Comments: Joram Mariga is a highly prized Zimbabwean sculpture, famous for abstractions of baboons.