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Sapi

Male Figure

Sapi, 1300

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Sapi

Male Figure

Sapi, 1300

Physical Qualities Steatite, 12.9 H x 6.4 W x 8.6 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of John Clayton Davis, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1998.608
The Baltimore Museum of Art, by gift, 1996; John Clayton Davis, by gift; Bought by father, Allen Davis, in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1959-1960, from Guinean dealer, Taliby Kaaba, who said he bought them in southern Sierra Leone; shipped to the USA in 1960.
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