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Sapi

Male Figure

Sapi, 1300-1599

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Sapi

Male Figure

Sapi, 1300-1599

Physical Qualities Steatite, 11.2 H x 6.1 W x 7.4 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of John Clayton Davis, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1998.609
Seated with arms extended in front; large oval depression in top of head.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; John Clayton Davis; 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.

Inscribed: Old masking tape label with number '7'.

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Sapi

2000–2000

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