Janusfaced mask fetish
Guinea, Toma
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, narrow face with sharp cut facial features, framed by a band of fabric, which is coated with a thick layer of clay-like mass (sacrificial blood, soot, chewn kola nut), a second smaller face on the back with the facial features nearly entirely hidden by thick encrusted sacrificial patina, framed by cowrie snails, slightly dam., acrylic base.