A «Makonde» female figure wood sculpture Mozambican - Makonde 20th C. (1st half) minor defects, patina wear purchased in the city of Beira (Mozambique), in 1945-1947 Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 19 cm Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 21 mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Statuette»: "A kneeling woman holding a pot. Good characteristic facies head (tattoo, eyes, lips and nose); notches(?) representing curly hair. [...]. purchased by my father in Beira 1945/47."