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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Details
**A FINE LEGA IVORY MASK
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The pierced eyes with projecting lids, small pierced open mouth, small pierced ears, the cheeks and forehead with carved bands of zigzags, a panel of cross-hatched ornament to the chin, an oval panel in high relief on the forehead with cross-hatched ornament, fine dark golden brown patina.
8 in. (20 cm.) high
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The pierced eyes with projecting lids, small pierced open mouth, small pierced ears, the cheeks and forehead with carved bands of zigzags, a panel of cross-hatched ornament to the chin, an oval panel in high relief on the forehead with cross-hatched ornament, fine dark golden brown patina.
8 in. (20 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1954