Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2022
Lot 553
A Baule mask
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100
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Description
A Baule mask
Ivory Coast
with a pair of horns and pierced eyes, with pigment staining, the back with a teeth grip and a white painted collection number 2,
40cm high.
Provenance
Galerie Le Corneur, Paris.
Gimpel Fils, London, acquired from the above January 1969.
Exhibited
Primitive Art from 2500 BC, Gimpel Fils, London, 3 December 1968 - 18 January 1969, cat no. 112.
Heads, Gimpel Fils, London, 15 January 1991 - 15 February 1991.