Lot Essay
Cf. Meyer, P., Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zurich, 1981, p.131, fig.161, for a Lobi mask attributed to Sikire Kambire of Gaoua collected in 1932 by Carl Kjersmeier in Upper Volta (Burkino Faso)
Details
Two small display masks
The Lobi of oval form with crisply carved features and scorched embellishments, old label on the reverse dated 1921, by Sikire Kambire of Gaoua, the Baule with curved horns, dark patina
21cm. and 23.5cm. high (2)
The Lobi of oval form with crisply carved features and scorched embellishments, old label on the reverse dated 1921, by Sikire Kambire of Gaoua, the Baule with curved horns, dark patina
21cm. and 23.5cm. high (2)
Special notice
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