LARGE 19TH AFRICAN IBO/IGBO ALUSI FIGURE
Standing Male Ancestral Shrine Figure of a Chief, one of a twin set of guardians, Ibo/Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, in carved wood with red and white clay decoration, crowned, having bracelets and chest scarification, on black museum stand, roughly 45" x 12" x 9". Minor losses, fine old patina. Provenance: Entwistle vis-a-vis Andre Liliane Bettencourt, Paris, France. From the Walker Foundation.
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Standing Male Ancestral Shrine Figure of a Chief, one of a twin set of guardians, Ibo/Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, in carved wood with red and white clay decoration, crowned, having bracelets and chest scarification, on black museum stand, roughly 45" x 12" x 9". Minor losses, fine old patina. Provenance: Entwistle vis-a-vis Andre Liliane Bettencourt, Paris, France. From the Walker Foundation.
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