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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 10245750, member: 8267&quot;]You are wise to be skeptical about much of the African art floating around, at least if you are looking to find something genuinely old and made for use in the original culture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not seen one like this before, but from what I am seeing on the internet I think they are probably a recent style of tourist piece, perhaps made in Kenya. The word &quot;Malindi&quot; seems to be associated with many of them (although this may be a case of everyone copying each other), and Malindi is a town in Kenya. This example specifically says it is from Kenya - </p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=128106523498933&amp;set=pb.100088987578209.-2207520000" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=128106523498933&amp;set=pb.100088987578209.-2207520000" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=128106523498933&amp;set=pb.100088987578209.-2207520000</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Another seller attributes a similar one to Liberia - <a href="https://offerup.com/item/detail/66c91e65-e858-3738-8117-d55e54e8d81b" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://offerup.com/item/detail/66c91e65-e858-3738-8117-d55e54e8d81b" rel="nofollow">https://offerup.com/item/detail/66c91e65-e858-3738-8117-d55e54e8d81b</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;Warega&quot; reference makes no sense, as it is a variant name for the Lega people located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. </p><p><br /></p><p>I get the feeling that someone imported a container of these things with some vague identification, and auctioneers and ebay sellers have been copying each others&#039; descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teeth appear to be cows&#039; teeth.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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