Seated figure with pointed headdress

Life Story

Provenance

Acquired by the Wellcome institute in 1931 from a sale in Paris of the ethnographic collections formerly belonging to surrealist writers Paul Eluard and Andre Breton.

Donated to the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia by the Wellcome Trust in 1981.

Not on display

Title/Description: Seated figure with pointed headdress

Measurements: h. 404 x w. 202 x d. 195 mm

Accession Number: 40090 (Wellcome)

Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981

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