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PERHAPS ABABUA OR BEMBE
Details
an eastern Kongo mask
perhaps Ababua or Bembe
The face carved in relief on an oval panel, pierced eyes, white face and red forehead, long slender nose and blackened brows, small carved mouth and small ears in relief to the sides, deeply grooved and blackened coiffure, pierced about the border
27cm. high
perhaps Ababua or Bembe
The face carved in relief on an oval panel, pierced eyes, white face and red forehead, long slender nose and blackened brows, small carved mouth and small ears in relief to the sides, deeply grooved and blackened coiffure, pierced about the border
27cm. high
Exhibited
African and New Guinea Sculpture from the Josef Herman Collection, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1969, no.1
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