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5. Yao figure


Female figure made from fired clay.More then
likely used as a fetish figure or teaching aid for the
young women during initiation schools.Collected in
Mozambique and resembles early clay figures collected
in Northern Province of South Africa ref P 196 'Art of The
Continent' H- 23cm Price on request.

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