A Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone, with linear coiffure, covered in a black pigment, 23.5cm high, and two Nigerian helmet masks, one with central crest and with geometric sections painted in coloured pigments, 21.5cm high, the larger mask with a wide smiling mouth and two leopard cubs to the rear, 45cm wide, 26.5cm
The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.
Sold for £180
A Mende helmet mask, Sierra Leone, with linear coiffure, covered in a black pigment, 23.5cm high, and two Nigerian helmet masks, one with central crest and with geometric sections painted in coloured pigments, 21.5cm high, the larger mask with a wide smiling mouth and two leopard cubs to the rear, 45cm wide, 26.5cm
ProvenanceThe Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.