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A Yoruba Sculpture Ex Museum

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Description

A Tall carved wooden kneeling male figure with tall conical ceremonial cap atop an open work stool like structure with a perfect round ball trapped within that can move around yet not be removed. Yoruba peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculpture measures 21 inches tall x 3 x 4 inches. Provenance: Collected by Paul Hendricks for the Museum of Oddities in the 1980s and was on display in the museum until 2018. Ex Museum of Oddities, Metamora, Indiana.

Condition

Good, well weathered

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A Yoruba Sculpture Ex Museum

Name: A Yoruba Sculpture Ex Museum
SKU: 167256359
Price: 220 USD
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