Bonhams 1793 : A Fang mask

Gabon, the light wood mask with inverted pear-shaped facial plane, with pierced oval eyes and pouting mouth, zigzag and linear scarification about the slab nose, a raised disk perimeter and broad collar marked by sawtooth decoration, with black and white pigments, native repairs on the forehead and about one eye.
length 14in
See illustration

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