Black stone head form

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: Black stone head form

Object Type: Head, Sculpture

Materials: Stone

Accession Number: 40093 (Wellcome)

Credit Line: Donated by the Wellcome Trust, 1981

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