Vintage African Folk Art Stone Sculpture of Figures and Lion

Carved gray stone, depicting five indigenous figures and lion at a gnarled tree, signed SAMUEL and dated 1973 to underside.

15 x 15 1/4 x 4 in.

From the Estate of the late Linda Kornberg, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Loss to one figure (only hands remain); crack and repair to upper tree; a few small abrasions.