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Bronze female figure kneeling on a round mount, clutching an object in each hand. Exceptionally tall head dress. Very protruding eyes. Brass ring attaches figure on mount to the glass base.

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Semi-abstract figure of a woman with oval shaped head approximately 7.5" H x 6" W; body in shape of stylized crucifix with representation of breasts in shape of wide-edged U (U); lower portion of figure flares from 1.5" width to approximately 5.5"…

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Heavy variegated wood head and torso, roughly carved and unpolished; long head with broad oval eyes, wide nose and fleshy lips; medicine bottle on thick cord carved in relief around neck; arms are close to the body with the proper left arm crossing…

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Figure stands tall and thin on small 1/4" high base (unbalanced); very high conical coiffure accented by 3 horizontal rows of wire wound around the cone which is topped by 2 plumes of feather; facial features are broad and shallowly carved and face…

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Ododuwa

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Head: Eggplant-Shaped in frontal view; high coiffure in cross - etched lines colored in blue pigment (probably indigo); sideward v-shaped ears protrude from base of head; shallowly carved lines represent facial features; pupils are recessed; v-shaped…

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Yoruba Nigeria twin figure. In the belief that twins share a common soul, Yoruba parents commission the carving of a pair of figures (Ibeji) when twins are born. Should one of the twins die, his figure would become the abode for his portion of the…

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