African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art

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Lot 112
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A Bamana Mask, Mali

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

of hollowed form, carved with the abstract features of a hyena with squared mouth, massive flat nose, bulging forehead, two elegantly curved ears and a cylindrical protrusion in between; varied brown patina.

Provenance

J.J. Klejman, New York
Acquired from the above, 1958

Catalogue Note

For a closely related example cf. Bastin (1984: 79, fig. 49).