Sale 5568
Paris
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16 June 2009
Price realised
EUR 875
Estimate
DEUX CUILLERES LEGA EN OS République Démocratique du Congo Chacune avec un visage sur le manche, l'une avec des motifs de points et de cercles et l'autre avec des croisillons. Patine allant du brun au brun foncé. Longueurs: 20 et 23 cm. (8 et 9 in.) (2)
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Literature
Georges, E-A., 2005, n.35 et 41, p.222.
La première cuillère a été donnée à E-A. Georges en 1958, à Kalole tandis que la seconde lui a été offerte à Buloba en 1957.
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