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Property from the Collection of Leon Meizlik, Westchester, New York
Lot 49

Mitsogho Reliquary Head, Gabon

2 July 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los Angeles

US$4,000 - US$6,000

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Mitsogho Reliquary Head, Gabon

mbumba bwiti
height 20in (51cm)

Provenance
Galerie Le Corneur Roudillon, Paris (original gallery label on base)
Famille Rothschild Collection, London, acquired from the above in 1967
Sotheby's, New York, May 2005, Lot 97
Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York

The spherical head with heart-shaped face and stylized coiffure on an exceedingly long, cylindrical neck; weathered dark brown patina.

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