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Yoruba Elephant Silk
$4,900
£3,694.62
€4,257.54
CA$6,797.62
A$7,616.70
CHF 3,964.78
MX$93,178.63
NOK 50,325.59
SEK 47,531.91
DKK 31,783.38
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Rare dye-resist African cloth in wild raw silk with indigo dye having elephant border and
shaped star patterns to ground, Yoruba, circa 1960.
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