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LOT 2335
African Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask
SENUFO TRIBE, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.
12 5/8 in. (382 grams, 32 cm).
Carved with a narrow face, protruding flat nose, slit eyes, an open mouth displaying teeth, protruding ears and scarification; hollow to the reverse. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Bukina Faso, West Africa.
From a Glasgow ethnographical collection; formed 1940s-1950s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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