71 Neolithic Stone Labrets and Plugs

Sahara, Circa 10000-2000 B.C.

Length of longest 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm).

Provenance:

Possibly Boubacar Doubou, Niamey, Niger.

Joseph Knopfelmacher Collection (29 September, 1923-13 March, 2019), New York.

Amyas Naegele, New York.

Exhibited:

New Jersey, Tenafly, The African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, Shaped Stones of the Sahara, Origins of an African Aesthetic, 10 April-9 May 2005.

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71 Neolithic Stone Labrets and Plugs

Sahara, Circa 10000-2000 B.C.

Length of longest 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm).

Provenance:

Possibly Boubacar Doubou, Niamey, Niger.

Joseph Knopfelmacher Collection (29 September, 1923-13 March, 2019), New York.

Amyas Naegele, New York.

Exhibited:

New Jersey, Tenafly, The African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers, Shaped Stones of the Sahara, Origins of an African Aesthetic, 10 April-9 May 2005.

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