29th Jul, 2021 9:30
A Senufo Kpelie mask, Ivory Coast, the tall headdress surmounted by an inverted fork with figural terminal, scarifications to the forehead and face, with eye slits, a short beard to the chin, the outer edge pierced, covered in a thick dark pigment, 51cm; and an Ibibo mask, Nigeria, with sculpted linear coiffure, with relief carved scarification marks heightened in black against a kaolin white face, the outer edge bound in material, pierced and with applied coloured cloth, 33cm
A private West Yorkshire collection.
Sold for £80
A Senufo Kpelie mask, Ivory Coast, the tall headdress surmounted by an inverted fork with figural terminal, scarifications to the forehead and face, with eye slits, a short beard to the chin, the outer edge pierced, covered in a thick dark pigment, 51cm; and an Ibibo mask, Nigeria, with sculpted linear coiffure, with relief carved scarification marks heightened in black against a kaolin white face, the outer edge bound in material, pierced and with applied coloured cloth, 33cm
ProvenanceA private West Yorkshire collection.
