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Face Mask, Kuba Peoples
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Pre 1950 item# 265157 (stock# 1-0092)
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AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
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Large mask, with large forehead, eyebrows in relief, coffee-bean eyes, protruding triangular nose, mouth in relief, large chin. A coiffe is attached around the upper side of the rim; it is composed of feathers on top, surmounting a raffia and wood structure which is meant to cover the dancer's head. Below cheek level, a raffia beard is attached around the lower part of the rim. A black and white pigment decor is painted over the face, to represent war paint, or maybe stylized scarifications. ...click for details
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Face Mask, Guro Peoples, Ivory Coast
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Pre 1920 item# 264861 (stock# 1-0089)
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AfricAsia Primitive and Antiques
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Euros 250
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Very old mask, oval face surmounted by a flaring cylinder with geometric decor on top and lower side, crescent-like coiffe, relief eyebrows ending with a well defined thin nose, small ears, large protruding eyes, pierced through open mouth showing teeth, small chin, and a stylized beard. Holes around upper part of rim. Deeply patinated wood, with traces of dark pigment in some areas. Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro Peoples. Among the Guro, this mask is called "gu", a feminine mask. Height: 1 ...click for details
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Face Mask, Lwalwa Peoples
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Pre 1940 item# 264398 (stock# 1-0080)
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Large mask with round coiffe, small ears, concave face with oval pierced through eyes, long triangular nose in relief, small cylindrical mouth also in relief, pointed chin. Wood, with dark-brown glossy patina and traces of white pigment in the recesses. Africa, D.R. Congo/Angola, Lulua Peoples, Lwalwa tribal sub-group. Height: 15 1/4" (39 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand. Obvious signs of wear and age, old local restoration at lower left side of chin, erosion in some ...click for details
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Face Mask, Luba Peoples
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Pre 1940 item# 264375 (stock# 1-0077)
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Mask of round shape, with oval pierced through eyes, large triangular nose, protruding slit mouth, small chin. A raffia and wood coiffe, on which cowrie shells and old glass beads are sewn, is attached to the back of the mask. Also attached beneath the chin, a long rectangular adornment made of raffia and bearing cowrie shells and old glass beads. The mask is made of wood, with fine dark-brown glossy patina. Africa, D.R. Congo (ex Zaire), Luba Peoples. Height (mask only): 9 1/4" (24 cm). Th ...click for details
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Unusual Small Face Mask, Africa, Pende Peoples
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Pre 1950 item# 788431 (stock# 1-0550)
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Euros 295
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Small mask of slightly unusual shape, with a striated conical coiffe, small forehead, incised eyebrows, small ears, downcast relief eyes pierced through, triangular nose, open rectangular mouth showing teeth, small chin. Wood, dark-brown glossy patina, remnants of kaolin in the recesses. Africa, R.D. Congo, Pende peoples. Height: 10 1/4" (26 cm). The mask is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand which enhances its strange beauty. Obvious signs of use and age, otherwise very good condition. ...click for details
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Face Mask, Ibibio Peoples
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Pre 1940 item# 263806 (stock# 1-0042)
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Mask representing a long face with flat coiffe, protruding forehead, incised eyebrows, protruding cylindrical eyes, long and well defined nose, small open mouth with two upper fangs, small chin. Irregular holes around rim. Wood, with thick encrusted dark-brown patina. Remains of cloth around rim below ear level. Africa, Nigeria, Ibibio (or maybe Idoma) Peoples. Height: 10 1/4" (26cm). The piece is nicely mounted on a custom metal stand that enhances its strange beauty. Obvious signs of use ...click for details
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