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Description:
Ibo Male Standing Figure, the attenuated figure stands straight with hands cupped in a gesture to the front, left hand holds a small head, with sloping shoulders beneath an elongated neck and small head with an open mouth below a crested coiffure, block feet with anklets, heavily eroded and encrusted surface, ht. 57 1/2 in.
Provenance: Mauricio and Emilia Lasansky collection, Iowa City, Iowa; by descent to the present owners.
Estimate $20-200
Some repairs to cracks on the breasts.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Mauricio Lasansky, Emilia Lasansky, Ibo Male, Iowa CityStephen L. Fletcher
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