Lot · 1900-Now
Dan/Ngere Face Mask, African wood mask
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From the sellerDan/Ngere face mask. Wood base with brass bells and black wooly collar, top hair piece of braided wool with gold thread entwined. Face is painted with hard enamel (commercial) paints of white, white, green, with wear to paint on nose. Eyes are slits with bulging "eyeballs". Forehead is matte black. Black rubber straps and crocheted strip on back of mask. From top to bottom 12" tall or approximately 30cm; 12" or 30cm wide (from bell to bell). See Sotheby's New York. Important Tribal Art, November 29 and 30, 1984 lot 183 for a comparative, though older piece.
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