Janusfaced mask fetish ·  Guinée, Toma · ID: 3033534

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.