The descriptions in this category were established in 2003 by a number of experts.  Alain de Monbrison and Pierre Amrouche for the Ethnographic Arts, Jacques Blazy for the Precolombian Arts, Thierry Portier for the lots 6243, 6244, 6245, 6246 and Jacques Barrère for the lots 6097, 6241 et 6242.

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