A RARE BAMBARA MASK, of slender triangular form, with pierced square eyes each side of the long nose, small conical mouth flanked by shallow diagonal grooves, nine and seven conical bosses respectively carved down each side of the face (one missing), pierced about the border of the domed forehead, dark brown and crusty patina with glass fragment and traces of hair, minor cracks

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A RARE BAMBARA MASK, of slender triangular form, with pierced square eyes each side of the long nose, small conical mouth flanked by shallow diagonal grooves, nine and seven conical bosses respectively carved down each side of the face (one missing), pierced about the border of the domed forehead, dark brown and crusty patina with glass fragment and traces of hair, minor cracks
48cm. long
Provenance
Arthur Barth, Beverly Hills, acquired 1967

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