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A SONGYE SMALL MASK
Democratic Republic of the Congo
With protuberant rectangular mouth, the flat nose continuing as a shallow ridge to the center of the forehead, slits to the centers of the lenticular eyes, carved all over with alternate bands of white and black, red pigment in the recessed mouth.
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1957

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