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Vezo people, Madagascar

Carved wood

Ex–John Bourne collection, Santa Fe, NM

58” h x 8.25” w x 3.25” d  (147.32 x 20.96 x 8.26 cm)

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Another very similar example, from the collection of Balene McCormick (1936–2016) of Santa Fe, NM, is possibly by the same hand and was collected before 1974 (Sotheby’s 2013).

REFERENCES

African/Oceanic, Thursday 16 May 2013, Sotheby’s (New York, 2013), lot 127.

 
 
 
 
 

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