Tribal Art - 8th January 2013

Lot 803

A Pende mask

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £500

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Description

A Pende mask, with an applied cloth and fibre headdress, with a carved wood face with check scarifications with an ochre ground with ebonised and white pigment highlight, with a fibre beard, white inventory number 19, 14in (35.6cm) high.

Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased in the 1960's.