Mask with hinged jaw
Guinea, Guerze
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Paolo Morigi, Lugano, Switzerland (collected in situ in the region of Lofa Country/Liberia)Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1967)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, encrusted with kaolin, jaw fixed by cord material, beard of animal hair, the area of eyes and beard spread with blackish mass, slightly dam., abrasion, pierced around the rim (partly broken), old collection label on the back “Morigi Lugano No. 545”