Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 814
A Yaure mask
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A Yaure mask, with paddle type ears with remains of white pigment, fine grooved coiffure and coffee bean eyes, with a flat beard with incised decoration, right side part missing, as are the lower scroll parts,, white inventory number 205, 14in (35.5cm) high.
Provenance: Ernest Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Purchased August 1967.