Jama-Coaque artist – Standing figure – Jama-Coaque – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314183
Depicting warriors, musicians, hunters, and dancers, the figures were mold-made and have
Depicting warriors, musicians, hunters, and dancers, the figures were mold-made and have
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[Before 1963, with Ayoub Rabenou]; from 1963, on loan by The Guennol Collection (Alastair Bradley Martin’s collection) to the Museum (L.63.10.2); until 1994, Alastair Bradley Martin’s family; acquired by the Museum in 1994, purchased from The Merrin Gallery, New York
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