Face mask

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Description

wood, dark red pigment, black paint, accurately incised grooved coiffure, separated from the facial plane by a raised band, semicircular eyes with raised rim and drilled pupils, band scarifications at the temples, nose with “hanging” tip, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
a work of Sikire Kambire from Gaoua (1896 - 5. Okt. 1963) or his workshop. (Compare characteristica mentioned above with Piet Meyer, 1981, ill. 159).

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Comparing literature

Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 127 ff.

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