Lot 59
  • 59

A Punu, Tsangui, Mask

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Description

of oval, hemispherical form, the full lips beneath the broad nose framed by large, coffee-bean eyes and thin, arching brows, with scarification across the cheeks and forehead and wearing a bi-crested coiffure; aged, soft natural surface with areas of encrusted kaolin and red pigment.

Provenance

Jan Lundberg Collection, Malmö, Sweden

Literature

Malmö Konsthall, African Art: A Source of Inspiration for Modern Art, 1986: 89, number 148, catalogue of the exhibition Malmö Konsthall, March 3 - May 19, 1986