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Carved Guinea Hen Sculpture c. Mid 1900's

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Carved Guinea Hen Sculpture c. Mid 1900's
Featured in this lot is this carved Guinea Hen sculpture circa mid 1900's. The sculpture features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows a Guinea Hen with a spotted body and a reddish head with life like feat and mounted on its own slab. Guineafowl are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes. They are endemic to Africa and rank among the oldest of the gallinaceous birds. Phylogenetically, they branched off from the core Galliformes after the Cracidae and before the Odontophoridae. The condition of this this sculpted Guinea Hen is well preserved with some some fading to the redder part of the head and the base shows some wear but otherwise shows well preserved condition. The measurements of this sculpture is 7 3/8" x 4 1/4" x 2 1/2". The collective weight of this sculpture is 3lbs 4oz.