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LOT 2136
African Wooden Statue of Tribal Elder
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 1/4 in. (649 grams, 28.5 cm).
Modelled in the round as a male noble elder, wearing a garment with hatched detailing around his lower torso, with stylised facial features and scarification detailing to the hair and skin. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old Essex collection.
Ex property of an Essex gentleman.
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