23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
Lot 157
 

A West African mask, possibly Yaure, Ivory coast, the mask carved entwined by a large snake, painted in a black pigment, 42cm; a Congolese skull face mask, D.R.of Congo, the forehead with vertical recess above oversized eyesockets bound in reeds, with natural fibre headdress, 35cm; and a mask with central horn above carved chevron bands and scarifications to the cheeks, painted in red and black pigment 43cm

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

Sold for £120


 

A West African mask, possibly Yaure, Ivory coast, the mask carved entwined by a large snake, painted in a black pigment, 42cm; a Congolese skull face mask, D.R.of Congo, the forehead with vertical recess above oversized eyesockets bound in reeds, with natural fibre headdress, 35cm; and a mask with central horn above carved chevron bands and scarifications to the cheeks, painted in red and black pigment 43cm

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.