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Huge Baga Snake sculpture Coiled around Man African Art

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Huge Baga Snake sculpture Coiled around Man African Art

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A very large and heavy wooden sculpture of a Baga Snake or Python, shown wrapping around a man on the bottom of carving. Baga peoples, Guinea, Africa. The Sculpture was carved from a very heavy dense piece of wood and measures 42 inches tall.

Condition

fair, well weathered

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Huge Baga Snake sculpture Coiled around Man African Art

Name: Huge Baga Snake sculpture Coiled around Man African Art
SKU: 71108337
Price: 180 USD
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