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The Willem Kok Collection of Tribal and Asian Arts, and Edged Weapons — Davidson Auctions

Auction House:Davidson AuctionsNumber of lots recorded:570
Sale Title:The Willem Kok Collection of Tribal and Asian Arts, and Edged WeaponsLots with images:569
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:477
Date:17-Oct-2020
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Early African Congo fetish figure. Songye wood figure with hatch carved body and cap. Losses to fibre adornments of head and shoulders. Green pigment traces. Height 70 cm
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West African carved dance mask. Large Nimba mask, Guinea, of female form. Ex Christensen collection #CC45?' height 108 cm
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African carved wooden ancestor figure. With white and red ochre pigments. Adorned with blue glass bead necklace. Height 35.5 cm
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Two various African Bronzes. Benin bronzes, including a drummer and a flute player. Height 18 cm (drummer)
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African ceremonial pipe. Cameroon carved hollow wood body with painted faux cord lashing and bone anthropomorphic fittings. Split to body. Display stand. Length 32 cm
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African ceremonial pipe. Cameroon brass and bone figural pipe. Height 25 cm length 35 cm
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Shona headrest. Traditional whorl and cross carved support. Much wear, very old example. Height 17 cm, width 21 cm
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Senufo sculpture of a drum player. Ivory coast. Ex Abbia gallery, c1970. Height 80 cm
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Sierra Leone Nomoli sculpture. Carved soapstone in typical crouching pose. Height 16 cm
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19th century African spear. Leaf form blade with strong medial ridge. Length 267 cm
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Maasai lion spear. Long double-edged blade with short wooden shaft. Length 193 cm (overall)
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19th century Chokwe war axe Zambia/Zaire. Dark hardwood haft studded with brass, headed tacks. Incised steel axe head. Length 38 cm
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Congolese 'Nzappa Zap' axe. Ornate iron blade with face decoration. Haft covered in reptile skin leather. Length 34.5 cm
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19th century Southern African Shona war axe. Iron half-moon axe head on a hardwood shaft, with fine brass wire work binding. Length 59 cm
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Three African bronze Currency bracelets. Width 1.09kg (largest)
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Late 19th century Tuareg Takouba sword. Straight, double-edged blade with three fullers at forte and two crescent marks. Typical leather covered hilt. With leather scabbard, decorated with geometric designs. Length 83 cm
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Two north African daggers. Tuareg Telek arm dagger and scabbard length 34 cm; and a Moroccan Jambiya dagger length 39 cm
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19th century Arabic Saif sword. Broad, single fullered saber blade with short tip. Wooden scabbard sheathed in Yemeni silver work, with matched hilt. Length 90.5 cm
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19th century Omani Jambiya dagger. Silver mounted hilt and scabbard. Broad double-edged, curved blade. Complete with original belt. Length 32 cm (blade and hilt)
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19th century ottoman Yataghan sword. Coral encrusted silver hilt with characteristic 'Ear' shaped pommel. Forward recurved blade with single fine fuller and silver inlay. With original leather covered and silver mounted scabbard. Length 75 cm
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Early 17th century Indian Katar. Likely from the Vijayanagara Tanjore armory. With a fine wootz Damascus steel multi-fullered blade. A large arching 'Hood' to protect the hands, with a beast head finial. With later scabbard. Length 61 cm
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19th century Persian Kard knife. Bone slab grip scales, single edge wootz blade. Length 30.5 cm
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Persian Qajar period priming flask. Ivory and 9ct gold horn form flask. Fitted with European brass measure nozzle. 'S' form 9ct body engraved with foliage tendrils and flowers. Length 26 cm
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Late 19th century Afghan Choora. With leather covered wooden scabbard. Length 30 cm
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19th century Ceylonese Piha-Kaetta knife. Drop point blade with silver and brass inlay, brass bolster and horn slab grip scale hilt (losses to hilt). Length 28 cm
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Mid 20th century Finnish Puukko knife. Rustically carved hilt featuring wolf pines, and an eagle. Single edged blade with fuller. Length 23 cm (total)
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Philippines Moro Execution sword. 19th or early 20th century. Curved blade widening dramatically towards the tip, hardwood and gilt copper hilt. Length 87 cm
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Imperial Prussian 1889 model officers sword. By Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. Solingen. Ray skin hilt with brass wire binding and gilt brass guard. Decorated with monogram of Wilhelm II. With original steel scabbard. Length 103 cm (overall)
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World War II 'Cattaraugus' Bolo folding knife. With leather scabbard. Length 39 cm (open)
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Puma white hunter knife #6377. With staghorn scale grips. In original box. No scabbard. Length 27 cm
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Puma white hunter knife #6377. With staghorn scale grips and leather scabbard. Length 27 cm
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19th century Javanese Pedang Lurus sword. Watered pamor blade with well carved scrolling floral decoration and demonic face. Polished wooden hilt with bronze mounts, later scabbard with embossed decoration. Length 70 cm
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Indonesian, Sumatra Kalasan sword. Single-edge blade coming to a fine point. Polished horn hilt. Wooden scabbard of two part construction, bound with rattan. Length 64 cm
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19th century Moro Barong. Single-edged leaf form blade with thick back edge. Polished wooden hilt with silver sleeve. Length 69 cm
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19th century Dayak Mandau sword. Kalimantan Dayak headhunters sword with high quality, old blade. Single-edge blade, concave one side and convex on the other. Brass inlay to back edge and mata joh 'S' form motifs. Deer horn hilt carved with Aso figures and decorated with hair tufts. Includes rare separate pisau raut. Length 71 cm and 41 cm
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Two Indonesian swords. Kabeala from East Sumba with horn hilt length 56 cm overall); and Kalasan from Sumatra, scabbard decorated with sheet silver 61 cm.
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Japanese Sunobi Tanto. Red lacquered saya, tsuka bound in baleen. Gold washed copper habaki, matching higo School koshirae. Length 35 cm (blade)
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Japanese Uchigatana. Signed 'Kanemitsu.' in Showa period traditional tachi mounts. Brass ho-o bird menuki. Length 69 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II army officers sword. Signed 'Choshu Kiyoshige.' blade with suguha hamon, two part gold foil habaki. Shin-gunto mounts. Saya covered in ray skin. Silver Asakura family mon applied to pommel. Length 66 cm (blade)
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Japanese Showa period civilian sword. Signed, handmade blade. Brass tsuba with raised sakura (cherry blossom) design. Length 68 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II army officers sword. Showa period blade and mounts. Choji Midare Hamon. Length 67 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II army officers sword. Length 65 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II naval Kai Gunto sword. Signed Choji Midare Hamon. Length 67 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II naval Kai-Gunto sword. Naval officers sword with sanbon-sugi hamon. Signed. Length 63.5 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II army officers sword. Suguha hamon. Blade signed, and Seki arsenal acceptance stamp. Length 67 cm (blade)
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Japanese Wakizashi. With wabi-sabi birch bark round tsuka. Length 47 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II officers dirk. In shirasaya mounts with bone detail. Shobu Zukuri blade with 2 hi. Signed. Length 18 cm (blade)
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Japanese World War II officers dirk. In shirasaya mounts with bone detail. Shobu Zukuri blade. Length 15 cm (blade)
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Japanese naval officers dirk. Ray skin hilt with wire wrap and brass fittings, with naval arsenal stamp. Length 41.5 cm (including scabbard)
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Akoda-Nari Kabuto helmet. Suji Bachi 16 plate construction. Red lacquered, with original interior lining. Height 19 cm
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Japanese Edo period Jingasa Samurai helmet. Black laquered exterior with gilt takanoha (crossed hawk feathers) mon. Diameter 33 cm
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Japanese World War II type 95 Nco sword. Aluminium cast hilt with bronze tsuba and spring clip. Blade and scabbard #17673. Length 92 cm
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Japanese World War II type 95 Nco sword. Aluminium cast hilt with spring clip-iron tsuba. Blade and scabbard #100849. Length 92.5 cm (blade and hilt)
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Japanese World War II type 95 NCO sword. Aluminium cast hilt with spring clip-iron tsuba. Blade and scabbard #116525. Length 92.5 cm (blade and hilt)
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Japanese World War II type 95 Nco sword. Aluminium cast hilt with bronze tsuba and spring, clip. Blade and scabbard #118278. Length 92 cm
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Japanese World War II style army sword. Gilt brass mounts. Length 67 cm
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Six various 19th century and 20th century edged weapons. Chinese trousse knife and scabbard length 28 cm; two Indonesian knives length 36 cm and 39 cm; Indonesian short sword and scabbard length 62 cm; Balkans short sword and scabbard length 57 cm; presentation dress dagger length 35 cm.
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Japanese Kozuka. Gilt copper with nanako reserve incorporating three Tokugawa mon. Length 9.5 cm. Together with a pair of menuki; and a shakudo tsuba with manko stipple, diameter 5 cm
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10 World War II Japanese sword knots and 2 sword belts
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Various World War II Japanese sword fittings. Including six tsuba, scabbard, seppa etc.
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Very rare World War II Japanese dictionary with bullet hole
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Books (6), Japanese sword reference. 'The Oshigata Book,' by Fuller and Gregory; 'Military swords of Japan 1868-1945,' by Fuller and Gregory; 'The Arts of the Japanese Sword' and 'Japanese arms and Armour,' both by Robinson; 'Arms and armour of the Samurai,' by I. Bottomley; and 'Book of the Samurai,' by Stephen Turnbull.
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Books (6), on Japanese swords. 'Japanese Swords,' by Nobuo Ogasawara; 'Japanese sword Blades,' by Alfred Dobree; 'The sword and Same,' by Joly and Hogitaro, 'The Japanese Sword;' by Kanzan Sato; and two volumes of 'The Samurai sword, a Handbook,' by John Yumoto.
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Books (2), 'Japanese sword fittings, a Descriptive catalogue of the collection of G H Naughton Esq,' by Henri Joly, pub. 1973; and 'Early Japanese sword guards Sukashi Tsuba,' by Masayuki Sasano, American edition, 1972.
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Books (2), 'The Hartman collection of Japanese Metalwork,' pub. Christie's, 1976; 'Nippon-to Art swords of Japan: the Walter a. Compton Collection,' 1976.
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Books (3), on Japanese fencing. 'Japanese Swordsmanship,' by Warner and Draeger; 'An introduction to Kendo,' by Lidstone; and 'A book of five Rings,' Miyamoto Musashi.
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Books (9), on Japanese martial Arts. Books on judo, jujitsu, karate, aikido, wing tsun kuen.
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Books (3), on Japanese Crests. 'Japanese design Motifs;' 'Japanese, family Crests;' and one other.
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Books (7), 'Japan-the Shaping of Daimyo culture 1185-1868;' 'The book of the Saumurai;' 'Kamikaze;' 'Hirohito;' 'Warrior a Visual history of the fighting Man;' 'Rules and Regulations for the sword Exercise of Cavalry;' and 'Knights in history and Legend.'
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33 Sotheby's Aboriginal and tribal Art auction catalogues 1983-2011.
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Books (14), various subjects relating to Japanese culture.three Sotheby's, catalogues on Japanese Art.
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Indonesian Sewar knife. Concave blade with three broad fullers. Horn hilt. Length 32 cm (overall)
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Indonesian Sewar knife. Straight, double-edged blade with spear point tip. Carved horn hilt. Length 34 cm (overall)
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Indonesian keris with ivory hilt. Central Sumatra. 7 luk pamor blade, silver mendak, stylised anthropomorphic ivory hilt. The scabbard with ivory sampir and floral tendril embossed silver pendok. Nb: export restrictions. Length 32 cm (overall)
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Indonesian keris. With fine old 7 luk pamor blade. Wooden hilt and mendak, the pommel carved as a mythological 'Makara' beast. Length 61 cm
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Two Indonesian Balinese keris. One with straight, double-edged pamor blade length 50 cm;, the other, a pamor blade of 7 luk, gilt wash mendak set with red and green paste stones length 49.5 cm.
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Indonesian Balinese keris. Straight, double-edged pamor blade. Brass mendak and pendok. Length 50 cm
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Indonesian Bugis keris. Pamor blade with 7 luk (waves), South Sulawesi. Bronze mendak. Length 44 cm (overall)
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Indonesian Bugis keris. 5 luk pamor blade. Anthropomorphic stylised wooden hilt. Length 27 cm (overall)
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Indonesian Javanese keris. Undulating pamor blade of 5 luk. Length 48 cm
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19th century Indonesian spear. Leaf form pamor blade. Brass ferrules on a hardwood shaft. Likely Lombok. Length 31 cm (blade) length 213 cm (overall)
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Indonesian Spearhead. With a single undulation to blade. Carved bone figural hilt. On a custom stand. Length 28.5 cm
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Indonesian keris with ivory hilt. Javanese keris with 7 luk pamor blade. The ivory hilt and sampir, both with fine floral carved decoration. Nb: export restrictions. Length 43 cm
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Two Indonesian keris Hilts. One Javanese, carved in wood height 8.5 cm; and one figural hilt of kneeling lady, carved in buffalo horn height 13 cm.
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Two Indonesian Balinese keris. 9 luk pamor blade length 47 cm (overall), the other a straight, double-edged pamor blade length 50 cm (overall)
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Indonesian Bugis keris. Straight, double-edged blade with thumbprint pamor. South Sulawesi bronze mendak. Length 45 cm (overall)
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Two Indonesian Javanese keris. Both with straight, double-edged pamor blades. One with fine, floral carved wooden hilt (Af) length 49 cm
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Books (4), on Indonesian keris. 'The Invincible Krises;' 'Keris and other Weapons of Indonesia;' 'Blanke Wapens uit de Gordel van Smaragd;' and 'Jatagane.'
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Dayak Kalimantan baby carrier. Woven rattan with wooden base and beadwork exterior. Decorated with demon head, bells and teeth. Height 36 cm
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Dayak Hudoq mask, Borneo. 19th/Early 20th century carved wooden Shaman's mask. Height 35 cm
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Dayak Hudoq mask, Borneo. Mid 20th century carved wooden Shamans mask. White with red and black details. Height 41 cm
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Dayak Hudoq mask, Borneo. 19th-Early 20th century carved wooden Shaman's mask. Mirror set eyes. Ex Lane gallery, Sydney height 32 cm
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19th century Solomon Island trade axe. With European trade metal axe head. Very good age/use patina to haft. Length 80 cm
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Igorot Headhunting axe. Philippines tribal axe of traditional form, old hardwood haft, with bronze fitting. Length 54 cm
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Batak Shamans staff. Tunggal malehat carved from cassia javanica wood. Carved with human and animal figures, and decorated with horse hair tuft. Ex Rick Bennett collection. Height 65 cm
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Indonesian Batak medicine jar calendar. Carved bone central section with auspicious calendar inscribed. Well carved figural stopper and foot. Height 35 cm
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Batak Shamans medicine horn 'Naga Marsarang.', on custom stand. Length 43 cm
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Early 20th century Maori Papahou (treasure box). Well carved lidded box of ellipsoid form, supported each end by tiki. Mother of pearl inlaid. Height 25 cm length 43 cm
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Maori greenstone hei-tiki. Height 10 cm
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Maori greenstone hei-tiki. Height 8 cm
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