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TITLE: Female Bust
ARTIST/MAKER: Unknown, probably made in Ghana
MEDIUM: Wood
HISTORY: This bust with Yoruba features (hairstyle) had been used as a cynosure (DUFOZI) or krowd puller at festival performances - royal stool outdooring ceremonies, for example - at Akeype, Togo, between 1953-1960.
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