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LOT 2373
African Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask
DAN TRIBE, 20TH CENTURY A.D.
11 3/8 in. (547 grams, 29 cm).
A carved face mask, decorated with cowrie shells, fabric and bells. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa.
From an old Hampshire ethnographic collection; acquired prior to 1960.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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