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Lot 121

Bete Mask, Côte d'Ivoire

11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
New York

US$7,000 - US$9,000

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Bete Mask, Côte d'Ivoire

n'gré
Wood, pigment, metal
height 11 1/2in (29cm)

Provenance
Maître Georges Loiseau, Paris/Abidjan
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Skillfully carved with an intended garish glare, the dimensional aspects of the composition is complex, with a deeply carved rounded "shelf" forehead above deeply pierced eye holes for the mask wearer above projecting slit eyes; the nose is a vertical plane which branches outwards, upwards and curving back towards the facial plane; the mouth, carved in the same manner as the eyes, helps ground the overall composition; fine, semi-glossy blackened patina with kaolin accents in the linear incisions.

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