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AN EASTERN PENDE MASK
From Djingila Village
The triangular face with pierced cylindrical eyes, the arched brows joined to the long slender nose, spherical mouth, incised scarification on cheeks, painted black and white, two long tapered horns above with painted black and white horizontal bands, one horn with native repair
24in. (61cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Hans Himmelheber, no.3249
The Weyhe Gallery, New York, 1940
Literature
African Negro Art, The Weyhe Gallery, New York 1940, p.3, no.85 (illustrated)
Exhibited
The Weyhe Gallery, New York, 1940

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