Bird mask, Nigeria, Djibete, Size: H: 56 cm (H: 22.0 inch), ID: 3044022

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Lot 257

89th Tribal Art Auction

Bird mask · Nigeria, Djibete · ID: 3044022

sold EUR 2,000

Provenance

Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 21 March 2011, lot 80

Size

H: 56 cm

H: 22.0 inch

Description

wood, resin-like mass, base

Comparing literature

Roberts, Allen F., Animals in African Art, New York 1995, p. 126, ill. 38

Publications

AHDRC: 0129718

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