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LOT 2401

Central African Komaland Terracotta Burial Mound Head Spike

12TH-16TH CENTURY A.D.

5 3/8 in. (254 grams, 13.8 cm).

Cylindrical peg with stylised anthropomorphic head detailing, button eyes, segmented ledge beard, slit mouth, segmented fringe above. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2401

Central African Komaland Terracotta Burial Mound Head Spike

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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