Lot 110
  • 110

A fine Dan mask, Ivory Coast

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

of delicate proportions, the sensitive face with a fiber beard attached to the pointed chin beneath the full, slightly parted protruding lips and small nose framed by circular eyes beneath a gently sloping forehead; varied brown patina with traces of white pigment around the eyes.

Provenance

Roger Bediat, Paris
Deborah and Jack Rosenberg, New York

Catalogue Note

For a closely related mask cf. Bastin (1984: 137, fig. 114).