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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3232155, member: 8267"][USER=45]@Taupou[/USER], can you say anything about the shield and spear point?</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Mbole/Metoko figure, I would feel better if we could find another example that more closely resembled it, (other than itself), whether from Africa or Oceania. The blocky, triangular face, recessed (rather than protruding) eyes, and the wide and deeply cut striations along the whole piece seem distinctive. It may be that it did not sell at the first auction you found it in because it was misidentified.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 3232155, member: 8267"][USER=45]@Taupou[/USER], can you say anything about the shield and spear point? As for the Mbole/Metoko figure, I would feel better if we could find another example that more closely resembled it, (other than itself), whether from Africa or Oceania. The blocky, triangular face, recessed (rather than protruding) eyes, and the wide and deeply cut striations along the whole piece seem distinctive. It may be that it did not sell at the first auction you found it in because it was misidentified.[/QUOTE]
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