Sale 5568
Paris
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16 June 2009
Price realised
EUR 3,125
Estimate
MASQUE DE L'ESPRIT DE L'EAU IJO Nigeria Le visage allongé avec un nez en forme de T et surmonté d'une haute coiffure cylindrique gravée de carrés, reste de pigment indigo. Hauteur: 39 cm. (15 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Ivar Tynning, Stockholm, vers 1922-1928
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