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RARE MONTOL FEMALE SHRINE IDOL, AFRICAN ART

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RARE MONTOL FEMALE SHRINE IDOL, AFRICAN ART
RARE MONTOL FEMALE SHRINE IDOL, AFRICAN ART
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A carved wooden female image with highly stylized facial features and form. Likely used on a personal shrine as a medium to the world of ancestral spirits. Montol peoples, Nigeria, Africa. The sculptures measures 16.25 x 5 inches.
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RARE MONTOL FEMALE SHRINE IDOL, AFRICAN ART

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