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Kran/We Mask, Liberia
2 July 2020, 10:00 PDT
Los AngelesUS$3,000 - US$4,000
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Kran/We Mask, Liberia
height of mask 10in (25.4cm)
Provenance
Father Biggane, a priest from the Society of African Missions, collected in the Liberia in the 1940s
Charles D. Miller, III, St. James, New York
This dynamic mask is full of visual stimulation including the protruding cylindrical eyes deeply set underneath a round extended forehead, which instantly transfix the viewer, and the cornucopia of attachments covering the lower half of the face including multi-colored beads, shells, carved wooden teeth and fibers; light brown semi-glossy and encrusted patina with wear indicative of significant age and use.
A photograph of Father Biggane with the mask accompanies the mask.
Provenance
Father Biggane, a priest from the Society of African Missions, collected in the Liberia in the 1940s
Charles D. Miller, III, St. James, New York
This dynamic mask is full of visual stimulation including the protruding cylindrical eyes deeply set underneath a round extended forehead, which instantly transfix the viewer, and the cornucopia of attachments covering the lower half of the face including multi-colored beads, shells, carved wooden teeth and fibers; light brown semi-glossy and encrusted patina with wear indicative of significant age and use.
A photograph of Father Biggane with the mask accompanies the mask.














