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MALI
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A SENUFO MASK
Mali
The slender face with three short projections to each side, pierced rectangular slits to the eyes, the slender nose, border to the face and eye surrounds with applied white metal panels, those to the border with incised circlets, a shaped and embossed white metal panel to the top of the head, pierced about the border and retaining stick for retention in the mouth, dark patina.
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Mali
The slender face with three short projections to each side, pierced rectangular slits to the eyes, the slender nose, border to the face and eye surrounds with applied white metal panels, those to the border with incised circlets, a shaped and embossed white metal panel to the top of the head, pierced about the border and retaining stick for retention in the mouth, dark patina.
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1964