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Paul Tahbou and Bamileke

Royal Crest Mask (Tsesah)

1969-1989

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Royal Crest Mask (Tsesah)

1969-1989

Physical Qualities Wood, 39 × 22 5/8 × 11 3/4 in. (99.1 × 57.5 × 29.8 cm.)
Credit Line Bequest of Allen A. Davis
Object Number 2017.89
Allen A. Davis, Santa Fe, NM by purchase, 1999; Butterfield's auction, San Francisco, CA; Robert Hutchinson, San Francisco, CA.
"Robert Hutchinson," Architectural Digest, August 1990. p 205

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Paul Tahbou

2000–2000

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