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Fine African Lobi Carved Wood Ancestor Figure

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Fine African Lobi Carved Wood Ancestor Figure

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From Burkina Faso or Mali. A hard wood carved stylized standing female figure with bulging eye lids, jutting jaw, hands to sides and angular breasts. A good old piece.Size 9-1/4 in H. + custom mount. Provenance: Ex Collection of Dr. Edward A. Spiegel (1931â€”2020) Professor of astronomy at New York University and Columbia University who worked on convection theory and on the application of fluid dynamics to astrophysics and was the first to discover Chaos Theory. As a professor, he gained a reputation among his students for his amusing stories of meeting other famous scientists such as Paul Dirac and Stephen Hawking. #14283

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Fine African Lobi Carved Wood Ancestor Figure

Name: Fine African Lobi Carved Wood Ancestor Figure
SKU: 149616548
Price: 175 USD
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