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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]

Provenance

Ex private Oxford ethnographical collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

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LOT 2398

African Decorated Clay Spindle Whorl Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £27

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