Lot Essay
Kerchache (1993, p.382, fig.362) illustrates a similar mask which he attributes to the Grebo. The same mask is also reproduced in Heremann and Petridis (1994, p.55) where it is attributed to the Dan.
Details
A LIBERIA MASK
Carved as a bird, the broad curved beak with two vertical grooves at the center, the pierced slit eyes with arched brows above, horned projection at the center of the forehead, pierced about the border, dark glossy patina
9¾in. (25cm.) high
Carved as a bird, the broad curved beak with two vertical grooves at the center, the pierced slit eyes with arched brows above, horned projection at the center of the forehead, pierced about the border, dark glossy patina
9¾in. (25cm.) high
Provenance
Marc Ginzberg, New York