Three Dan passport masks, Ivory coast, one with long woven natural fibres above a median line adjoining the nose, natural patina, on metal stand, 16cm exc stand, the other with pronounced round eyes, with open mouth, covered in a black pigment, 14.8cm; a painted example with material headdress with applied cowrie shells, with fibre beard, 20cm, a circular Luba mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, with curvilinear decoration and square mouth, within grass fibres, 12cm dia exc grass, and a further passport mask, 14.5cm
A private West Yorkshire collection.
Sold for £70
Three Dan passport masks, Ivory coast, one with long woven natural fibres above a median line adjoining the nose, natural patina, on metal stand, 16cm exc stand, the other with pronounced round eyes, with open mouth, covered in a black pigment, 14.8cm; a painted example with material headdress with applied cowrie shells, with fibre beard, 20cm, a circular Luba mask, Democratic Republic of Congo, with curvilinear decoration and square mouth, within grass fibres, 12cm dia exc grass, and a further passport mask, 14.5cm
ProvenanceA private West Yorkshire collection.