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Offline keith

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African carving,Benin?
« on: June 07, 2010, 09:06:22 PM »
We call her Polly 'cos she looks Polynesian 8:) but after looking round I think she is West African,does anyone think she's old or a deliberately worn down tourist piece just made to look old? ???

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Re: African carving,Benin?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2010, 09:07:12 PM »
P.s,quite heavy and 20 inches high.

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Re: African carving,Benin?
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2010, 04:41:10 AM »
Hi Keith -
This is out of my realm there - I would have no idea.  Looks nice, and it looks old to me......but I have been fooled before ;)
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