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LOT 2401
African Wooden Ceremonial Tribal Stool
YORUBA TRIBE, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/8 in. (2.55 kg, 41 cm high).
A carved tribal stool, an oval seat decorated with beads supported by two female figures displaying scarification, on a plano-convex base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Republic of Benin, West 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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