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Bamileke Large Chameleon Pot. From Cameroon, Africa.

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Bamileke Large Chameleon Pot. From Cameroon, Africa.

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Bamileke Large Chameleon Pot. From Cameroon, Africa. Size 13 1/2 inches high, 15 inches wide. Large pottery pot From Cameroon, Africa. Rounded storage pot of brown terracotta with lovely textile-impressed lower body, and upper register with relief abstract chameleons dancing against a ground of relief linear nodes. Wide flared mouth with rolled rim. Hairline crack at rim and in bottom. Brown-black patina with deposits. Provenance: Ex. Joan Barist Tribal Art, NYC.

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minor old repair

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Bamileke Large Chameleon Pot. From Cameroon, Africa.

Name: Bamileke Large Chameleon Pot. From Cameroon, Africa.
SKU: 136905618
Price: 70 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $200 - $300

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