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A FINE DAN MASK
With pierced circular eyes, arched brows in relief above, the pierced mouth with prominent lips, triple grooved border to the face which is pierced for attachment of costume, plaited fiber beard, fine dark glossy patina, on Inagaki base
9½in. (24cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940
Mrs. George W. Crawford
Literature
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.75 (not illustrated)
Exhibited
H.F. Sachs Gallery, New York, 1940, number 67
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.75

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