The Harry A. Franklin Family Collection of African ArtSotheby's, 1990 - Art |
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African Art almond-shaped eyes Alto Cultural Center Angeles County Museum arms Art of Cameroon Baltimore Museum Bamileke Bangwa Baule beard black patina breasts Cameroon Art camwood carved Charles Ratton cheeks conical crested coiffure crown cylindrical torso dark brown patina Dayton Art Institute decorated domed forehead Egungun encrusted patina Eshu Exhibited Expressions of Cameroon eyes beneath Face Mask female figure flanked Flint Institute Franklin Collection headdress Height Helena Rubinstein Helmet Mask Hood Museum Houston Museum ibeji Ibibio Igbo incised inset Institute of Arts kaolin legs Literature Los Angeles County Male Figure Mambila mouth baring Mumuye Museum of Art Museum of Natural National Museum Natural History neck Northern Orleans Museum oval form oval head oval mouth Palo Alto Cultural patina with remains perimeter for attachment protruding red camwood rounded scarification Senufo Shango Sotheby's surmounted tall teeth triangular nose wearing Western Grassfields white pigment William Fagg Yoruba Yoruba Twin