Lot Essay
This piece was collected by Hans Himmelheber sometime before 1940.
Details
A FINE CHOKWE WOOD FACE MASK
Of oval form with full lipped open mouth showing teeth, naturalistically carved nose, arched eyebrows, coffee bean eyes set into rounded orbs, small well carved ears, scarification patterns on cheeks, forehead, reddish coloring, black at lips and brows, white at teeth.
8¼in. high (21cm.)
Of oval form with full lipped open mouth showing teeth, naturalistically carved nose, arched eyebrows, coffee bean eyes set into rounded orbs, small well carved ears, scarification patterns on cheeks, forehead, reddish coloring, black at lips and brows, white at teeth.
8¼in. high (21cm.)
Provenance
Hans Himmelheber
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1940.17
John Klejman, New York
Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1940.17
John Klejman, New York
Literature
Weyhe Gallery, 1940, no. 64, illus.
McPharlin, 1940, p. 13, fig. 6
McPharlin, 1940, p. 13, fig. 6
Exhibited
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Cranbrook Academy, 1940
New York, Weyhe Gallery, 1940
New York, Weyhe Gallery, 1940