A praying figure wood Mozambican - Makonde 20th C. (1st half) chips, minor faults and defects, wear, patina wear purchased in the city of Beira (Mozambique), in 1945-1947 Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 22 cm Notes: Provenance: Collection of Engineer Elísio Romariz dos Santos Silva, item number 20, mentioned in the notebook of the collector «Angola - Arte Negra, Relação e descrição das peças», identified in it as «Estatueta»: "Represents a missionary saying the Mass - Possibly in adoration. (...) Purchased by my father, while he was in the city of Beira as Juiz da Comarca between 1945/47".