heights 19 and 23 5/8in (48.3 and 60cm) Provenance Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles, 1963 or earlier California Private Collection Each seated on two-legged stools, the male figure with his hands resting on each knee, the female with her hands to her chest; each wearing multiple-hooped earrings, knee bands and with elegant striated coiffures that extend down their backs; manganese oxide deposits throughout the smooth, reddish-brown surface with burnishes; inventory numbers written in black on the undersides: "PAIR/#A118/E.P.23K" and "#A117/PAIR W/118/23K."