Tribal Art - 8th January 2013

Lot 801

A Dan female mask

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A Dan female mask, with carved line decoration and applied aluminium, with an ebonised finish with white pigment across the eyes and the central forehead ridges, paper inventory label 3410, 11½in (29.3cm) high.

Provenance:

William Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased 1944

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.