Tribal Art - 8th January 2013

Lot 802

A Dan mask

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £600

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Description

A Dan mask, with an ebonised patina with white across the coffee bean eyes, above wide nostrils and a lips with a small tongue, white inventory number 18, 9in (23cm) high.

Provenance:

Purchased by William Ohly, Paris Exhibition, 1928.

Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London.