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Rare Handmade Fully Beaded Yoruba Chief Totem

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Rare Handmade Fully Beaded Yoruba Chief Totem
This piece is hand made by the Yoruba Ancient tribal people of Nigeria and features tight beadwork with 1800's glass trade beads. The piece would have been placed in the Chief or high elders dwelling to bring peace to his kin. The totem shows the shape of a large lizard with a dancing woman on the inside. The piece is done on a heavy canvas base with the edge and back being an early trade clothe. The piece is from the first to second quarter of the 1900’s. This is in good condition and measures 60" long and 16" wide.