Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 800
A Gabon wood mask
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A Gabon wood mask, possibly Fang, with a triple crest coiffure, thin eliptical pierced eyes and an open mouth with teeth, with small crescent ears, having ebonised, red and white pigment, paper inventory label 3367, 12½in (31.8cm) high.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased 1971.