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LOT 2371
African Wooden Ceremonial Figure
MADAGASCAN TRIBE, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (157 grams, 28 cm).
A painted female figure in knee-length robe with a white glass bead necklace, mounted on a later black wooden display base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom South Madagascar.
From an old Shrewsbury, UK, ethnographic collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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