An African Stone Shrine

West Africa, Guinea

Provenance:

Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

Acquired by the present owner from the above prior to 2019.

Based on documentation provided by the Rodger R. Mayer Trust, it was said this unusually shaped object came from an African shrine that was converted from a carved meteorite.

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Mr. Coley joined the Antiquities department in 2021 after working as Managing Director in the Ancient Art department at Colnaghi, the world’s oldest commercial art gallery, where he helped to establish the Ancient Art department and launched Colnaghi New York in 2017. Prior to Colnaghi, Mr. Coley was in the Greek and Roman Art department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Coley holds a B.A. from the University of Miami and an M.A. in Art Market from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and he earned an art-appraisal certificate from New York University.

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An African Stone Shrine

West Africa, Guinea

Provenance:

Douglas Dawson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

Acquired by the present owner from the above prior to 2019.

Based on documentation provided by the Rodger R. Mayer Trust, it was said this unusually shaped object came from an African shrine that was converted from a carved meteorite.

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