23rd Aug, 2022 9:30
Ethnographic Art
A Mbole/Yela kela mask, with recessed eye sockets between furrows alternately painted black & red, the sides pierced, 23cm; three further Yela masks, painted white, a white painted mask with coffee bean shaped eyes and a Tchokwe mask with natural fibre moustache and hair, and a woven backing, 25.5cm - 34cm
The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.
Sold for £170
A Mbole/Yela kela mask, with recessed eye sockets between furrows alternately painted black & red, the sides pierced, 23cm; three further Yela masks, painted white, a white painted mask with coffee bean shaped eyes and a Tchokwe mask with natural fibre moustache and hair, and a woven backing, 25.5cm - 34cm
ProvenanceThe Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.
