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A Bobo zoomorphic mask
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
the buffalo face with planear snout leading to the rounded forehead with a central crest bisecting the protruding conical eyes beneath an elaborate plank-like superstructure with an openwork ridge composed of a series of avian forms in front of geometric plaques terminating in cylindrical finial; '120' in white pigment; fine and encrusted black, white and red pigmented surface.
Provenance
Thomas McNemar, New York, June 7, 1965
Exhibited
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Colllection of African Art, May 5 - August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)
New York, Museum of Primitive Art, The Sculpture of Black Africa: Upper Volta, 1972, catalogue number 27
New York, Museum of Primitive Art, The Sculpture of Black Africa: Upper Volta, 1972, catalogue number 27
Literature
Milwaukee 1969: 8, figure 5
Catalogue Note
See Roy (1987: 204-245) for related masks and discussion.