Details
A SUPERB BOBO HELMET MASK
Of oval form, with a long slender nose carved beneath a shorter nose which lies between the pierced square eyes, an applied metal panel to one cheek, small raised mouth above a pierced circular hole, central ridge to forehead, two tapering tufts behind the tall crest which is carved as four winged elements, the whole surmounted by narrow curved finial and painted with open and solid triangles in black.
45in. long (113cm.)
Of oval form, with a long slender nose carved beneath a shorter nose which lies between the pierced square eyes, an applied metal panel to one cheek, small raised mouth above a pierced circular hole, central ridge to forehead, two tapering tufts behind the tall crest which is carved as four winged elements, the whole surmounted by narrow curved finial and painted with open and solid triangles in black.
45in. long (113cm.)
Provenance
F.-H. Lem, Paris
Helena Rubenstein; Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 April 1966, lot 91
Arthur Barth, San Diego, acquired 1967
Helena Rubenstein; Parke-Bernet, New York, 2 April 1966, lot 91
Arthur Barth, San Diego, acquired 1967
Literature
Lem, 1949, Pl. 58
Elisofon and Fagg, 1958, p. 51
Wingert, 1950, p. 17
Elisofon and Fagg, 1958, p. 51
Wingert, 1950, p. 17