Dan/Bassa Passport Mask, Liberia
height 4in (12cm)
of oval form with tapering facial plane ending in a pointed chin, pierced almond shaped eyes below a slightly overhanging forehead below an intricately carved coiffure; fine dark brown glossy patina.
Provenance:
Reginald Groux, France
Merton Simpson Gallery, New York
Published:
Kochnitzky, Leon, "Shrines of Wonder", 1952
of oval form with tapering facial plane ending in a pointed chin, pierced almond shaped eyes below a slightly overhanging forehead below an intricately carved coiffure; fine dark brown glossy patina.
Provenance:
Reginald Groux, France
Merton Simpson Gallery, New York
Published:
Kochnitzky, Leon, "Shrines of Wonder", 1952
Sold for
US$ 793
inc. premium
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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