A striking African-style full-figure sculpture hand-carved from a single solid piece of dense mineral, executed as an oriental green stone carving. The piece depicts a standing ancestral or tribal figure, detailed with a prominent, extended chin beard with geometric hatch incisions, stylized linear eyes, and an elaborate multi-tiered headdress or coiffure marked by fine parallel ridges. The figure holds its hands up to its chest in a ritualistic pose. The stone features unique natural graining and subtle variations in its green and cream hues, with dark pigment rubbed into the hand-carved lines to add depth and contrast across the surface. The highly textured base is left raw, displaying the natural crystalline or mineral structure of the stone, and carries a small orange inventory sticker.

Details

• Medium: Oriental green stone carving

• Dimensions: 8 x 2.5 inches

• Condition: Very good vintage condition with rich, natural surface wear, minor fine hairline structural veins, and typical mineral variations inherent to the natural stone.

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