Dogon Clay Medicine Pipe Mali

Overall Condition: Good. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.  

Damage/Repair: Good overall condition

African terracotta (baked clay) figures are at once some of oldest recorded sculpture from Sub-Saharan Africa, but equally some of the most problematical as well. They often are difficult to place among a people or culture and equally difficult to date.

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