deangle Wood, fiber, cloth, brass height 11in (28cm) Provenance Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, prior to 1978 Estelle and Alvin Abrams Collection, New York Bonhams, New York, 15 May 2008, Lot 633 Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C. Finely carved with gentile, delicate features including a vertical ridge dividing the slightly rounded forehead above slit eyes, naturalistic nose and puckered lips, pierced through at the mouth above an elegant pointed chin with a metal ring hanging below; the top with a coif of fabric and fiber attached; fine varied dark brown patina with areas of encrustation.