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Saltcellar

Sapes (formerly Sapi), Sierra Leone and Guinea
late 15th–early 16th century

Medium/Technique Ivory
Dimensions Height x width: 6 x 3 3/4 in. (15.2 x 9.5 cm)
Credit Line Robert Owen Lehman Collection
Accession NumberL-G 7.14.2012
ClassificationsDecorative arts

ProvenanceWith Charles Ratton (b. 1895 – d. 1986), Paris. J.J. Klejman (b. 1906 – d. 1995), New York. 2012, promised gift of Robert Owen Lehman to the MFA.