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LOT 2398
African Decorated Clay Spindle Whorl Collection
MALI, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 1/8 in. (320 grams total, 50-54 mm).
Each discoid in plan and lentoid in section with central perforation and incised geometric ornament. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx private Oxford ethnographical collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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A large carved mask with a white heart-shaped face and a decoration to the forehead. 764 grams, 43 cm
From Cameroon, Central Africa. From the collection of the late Professor R M Hicks, OBE. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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