23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 142
 

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

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

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