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LOT 2377

African Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask

MOSSI TRIBE, EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY A.D.

31 7/8 in. (779 grams, 81 cm).

Comprising an ellipsoid hollow face with parallel tusks; board of pierced geometric elements. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Burkina Faso, West Africa.
Private Hampshire, UK, collection of tribal art; acquired in the 1960s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Footnotes

Masks were regarded as the seat of the spirit, but they might also represent the totemic animal of the clan.

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LOT 2377

African Wooden Ceremonial Face Mask

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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