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Lot 87W
Chamba Bush Cow Mask, Nigeria
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13 November 2018, 11:00 EST
New YorkUS$20,000 - US$30,000
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Chamba Bush Cow Mask, Nigeria
lang gbadna
height 33 1/2in (85.1cm)
Provenance
Dr. Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Sotheby's, London, November 29, 1993 Lot 87
Lance Entwistle, London and Paris
American Private Collection, acquired in 1993
Published
La Rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre, Cannes, Ville de Cannes, Z'Editions, 1992, p. 22, no. 47
Exhibited
Cannes, Musée de la Castre, La Rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre, 1990
Of monumental, powerful and strongly abstract form with well-balanced proportions, the curves of the finely delineated horns projecting up and inwards as a counterweight to the squared, broad and gaping mouth with a series of notches, teeth perhaps, etched into the middle of each lip, the deeply hollowed dome head pierced around the edges for fiber attachments, as well as through each C-form ear and inside of the mouth, a central ridge runs across the middle of the head and tapers out towards a raised snout, the eyes inset with conical metal pegs, one more conical and longer than the other; fine encrusted red and black patina with indigenous metal plate repairs to the left horn and to the top of the head with overall wear indicative of much cultural use.
height 33 1/2in (85.1cm)
Provenance
Dr. Michel Gaud, Saint Tropez, France
Sotheby's, London, November 29, 1993 Lot 87
Lance Entwistle, London and Paris
American Private Collection, acquired in 1993
Published
La Rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre, Cannes, Ville de Cannes, Z'Editions, 1992, p. 22, no. 47
Exhibited
Cannes, Musée de la Castre, La Rencontre du Ciel et de la Terre, 1990
Of monumental, powerful and strongly abstract form with well-balanced proportions, the curves of the finely delineated horns projecting up and inwards as a counterweight to the squared, broad and gaping mouth with a series of notches, teeth perhaps, etched into the middle of each lip, the deeply hollowed dome head pierced around the edges for fiber attachments, as well as through each C-form ear and inside of the mouth, a central ridge runs across the middle of the head and tapers out towards a raised snout, the eyes inset with conical metal pegs, one more conical and longer than the other; fine encrusted red and black patina with indigenous metal plate repairs to the left horn and to the top of the head with overall wear indicative of much cultural use.
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Please Note, Lot 87 has been noted as a W Lot and will be removed to the warehouse of Door to Door services on Thursday November 15th after the sale.
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