Anthropmomorphic face mask · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3041892
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Provenance
French Private Collection, ParisSize
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
light wood, red pigment, kaolin, black paint, deeply hollowed bowl-shaped base, superimposed mask face with concave vaulted facial plane and pierced eyes and mouth, the latter carved with a jagged row of teeth, painted with linear and dotted tattoos, slightly dam., minor missing parts (mouth, nose), abrasion of paint
The object Anthropmomorphic face mask with the object ID 3041892 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 338.
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Publications
Jean David, Gabon, Zurich 2005, p. 93
AHDRC: 0139825