Four masks "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Northern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950’s during employment of the collector with Woermann, HamburgSize
H: 25 cm - 29 cm
H: 9.8 inch - 11.4 inch
Description
wood, brown resp. reddish brown patina, typical forms and scarifications, characteristic eye-zone, one of the masks provided with abundant plant fibre coiffure, min. dam., partly showing traces of insect caused damage, traces of abrasion