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A very fine and rare Mumuye Healing Fetish

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A very fine and rare Mumuye Healing Fetish

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A Tall Carved and well worn wooden abstract sculpture from the Mumuye of Nigeria, Africa. Mumuye artists are famous for their wooden statues known as iagalagana which were the property of diviners and healers. Measures 21 inches tall Mounted onto a simple wooden base. Provenance: Ex Dr Brian Healy estate, New York.

Condition

fair, eroded areas.

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A very fine and rare Mumuye Healing Fetish

Name: A very fine and rare Mumuye Healing Fetish
SKU: 84091713
Price: 590 USD
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