Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![189 190 191 193 193 Another QOollection. AFRICA. A pair of Sudanese Fans with ostrich plumes attached to shield shaped leaves decorated in red and black, 20 zn. fr 2 KALA A good Oubangui ivory Hunting Horn, carved round the mouth, and with fine patination (Miss’on Dibovsky, 1890), 184 7n. A Liberian Ceremonial carved wood Mask, with ridged forehead and narrow slits for eyes, the chin perforated for attaching a wool bead, 9# in. ; and an Ivory Coast Spoon with turned handle showing traces of red pigment 2 A Dahomey Ceremonial carved wood Mask, with high crene- lated head-dress, decorated in red and black pigment, an unusual piece in good state of preservation, 12 in. An Oubangui Ivory Statuette of a Female Figure wearing a short checked skirt, balancing on her head a calabash water gourd, 114 im. ; and an ivory Hairpin, Oubangur 2J-]-He 2. An Oubangui Ceremonial Mask in carved wood, with protruding lips and small ears, the face brightly coloured in red, yellow and black to represent tattooing, 10 in. 16 1. Set, An Ivory Coast carved wood figure of a Man, his hands clasped to his sides, with curious pointed face and high horned head dress, 17 2. if-)e ae, A French Congo carved wood Figure of a Man wearing a beard, with protruding lips, curious long hair, and vertically ribbed face; the body hollowed out to form a receptacle for a A good Benin bronze Bracelet, decorated with geometric orna- ment and strapwork, 34 im.; and another, from the same region, of narrower form, engraved with various types of hatching, 34 in. diam. 7/- / A {2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31813586_0080.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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