A rare and important Kanyok male and female pair each of similar crouching form, the parted wedge-shaped feet leading to bent knees and rounded hips with evident male and female sex traits beneath rounded torsos, the female with raised, diamond-shaped scarification, the male with hands to the ribcage, the female with one hand on the heart and the other resting below, the pitched-forward shoulders leading to the elongated necks, the spherical heads with soft jawlines, expressive mouths, naturalistic noses and large, downcast, heavy-lidded eyes framed by prominent ears and each wearing cap-like coiffures with incised cross-hatching and chignon at the nape of the neck; fine layered, blackened patina. height 14 1/4 in. 36cm
A rare and important Kanyok male and female pair each of similar crouching form, the parted wedge-shaped feet leading to bent knees and rounded hips with evident male and female sex traits beneath rounded torsos, the female with raised, diamond-shaped scarification, the male with hands to the ribcage, the female with one hand on the heart and the other resting below, the pitched-forward shoulders leading to the elongated necks, the spherical heads with soft jawlines, expressive mouths, naturalistic noses and large, downcast, heavy-lidded eyes framed by prominent ears and each wearing cap-like coiffures with incised cross-hatching and chignon at the nape of the neck; fine layered, blackened patina. height 14 1/4 in. 36cm
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