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A FINE BAMUN HELMET MASK
With carved teeth in the open mouth, large domed eyes and broad nose, pierced through the large ears, tripartite grooved coiffure with raised central band, rectangular wood plug at the center, dark glossy patina
13½in. (34.5cm.) high
With carved teeth in the open mouth, large domed eyes and broad nose, pierced through the large ears, tripartite grooved coiffure with raised central band, rectangular wood plug at the center, dark glossy patina
13½in. (34.5cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Literature
Sweeney, J.J., African Negro Art, New York, 1935, no.329 (not illustrated)
Vanity Fair, March 1935
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilisations, New York, 1936, no.5 (not illustrated)
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.114 (not illustrated)
Vanity Fair, March 1935
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilisations, New York, 1936, no.5 (not illustrated)
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.114 (not illustrated)
Exhibited
The Museum of Modern Art New York, 1935, no.329
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1936
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.114
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, 1936
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.114