Polychrome hollow terracotta female figure seated with legs drawn up, hands resting on knees. Prominent nose with nose ring. Red and black painted decoration obscured beneath white haze, but shows clearly when dampened. Many black manganese spots. Collector's reference number in white to base. Approx. 6 1/2" in height. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of African Art in New York and San Francisco, selling to museums and public and private collections in the United States and Europe. He is understood to have traded some of his African art for Pre-Columbian artifacts from an unidentified collector.