Grebo Mask, Ivory Coast
height 15in (38cm)
of hollowed oval form, with a top knot surmounted on a slightly domed forehead, divided by a central raised ridge leading to perpendicularly incised eyebrows over oval, slightly protruding pierced eyes, the triangularly shaped projecting nose above a slightly raised squared pierced mouth; fine aged blackened patina.
Provenance:
Christian Duponcheel, Belgium
of hollowed oval form, with a top knot surmounted on a slightly domed forehead, divided by a central raised ridge leading to perpendicularly incised eyebrows over oval, slightly protruding pierced eyes, the triangularly shaped projecting nose above a slightly raised squared pierced mouth; fine aged blackened patina.
Provenance:
Christian Duponcheel, Belgium
Estimate:
US$ 15,000 - 18,000
€12,000 - 14,000
£9,900 - 12,000
€12,000 - 14,000
£9,900 - 12,000
Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
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