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A Kube Dengese Wood sculpture Ex Hotel Drouot

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A Kube Dengese Wood sculpture Ex Hotel Drouot

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A carved wooden Dengese male ancestor with elaborate facial scars and incised design on the neck. The figure is shown holding a vessel and appears to have been cleaned in a previous collection. Dengese ethnic group, Kuba peoples, Congo, Africa. Provenance: Hotel Drouot , Paris Ex Kahn Primitive Art Gallery, California.

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A Kube Dengese Wood sculpture Ex Hotel Drouot

Name: A Kube Dengese Wood sculpture Ex Hotel Drouot
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