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A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola

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A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola

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A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola; finely carved face and coif, overall shiny surface with darkening in the center of the shaft, mounted on wood block base, height: 16 1/4".
Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

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A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola

Name: A Prestige Staff Top, Chokwe/Ovimbundu, Angola
SKU: 122385397
Price: 950 USD
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