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Komaland Terracotta Head

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Terracotta head with lobed coiffure, simplified features, whitened surface. Likely a Komaland sculpture, North Ghana. On custom gallery stand. Head, approx. 3 3/4" H. Provenance: Estate of Thomas McNemar, (1931-2020.) McNemar lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 70s. He established galleries of African Art in New York and San Francisco, selling to museums and public and private collections in the United States and Europe.

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Komaland Terracotta Head

Name: Komaland Terracotta Head
SKU: 140713947
Price: 20 USD
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