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Yoruba Diviner Priest Apron with skulls,horns, snails

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Yoruba Diviner Priest Apron with skulls,horns, snails

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Diviner / Priests Apron with fully beaded doll like figure holding a gourd vessel covered in textiles and numerous magic pouches and fetish material attached , large snail shells and goat horns, bones, bits of twisted wood, layers of various embellishments suggesting years of use. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The Apron measures 35 x 21 inches

Condition

good, weathered

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Yoruba Diviner Priest Apron with skulls,horns, snails

Name: Yoruba Diviner Priest Apron with skulls,horns, snails
SKU: 119219133
Price: 550 USD
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