Lot 269
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A Yoruba Ivory bracelet

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Description

carved from a single cylinder of ivory, decorated with incised patterns and a human figure with raised right hand; warm, aged creamy patina.

Provenance

Jacob Epstein, London
Carlo Monzino Collection

Exhibited

London, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The Epstein Collection of Primitive and Exotic Sculpture, March 25 - April 23, 1960

Literature

Fagg 1960: number 69 
Bassani and McLeod 1989: 100, number 194