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    Sale 5307

    ART AFRICAIN, OCEANIEN ET PRECOLOMBIEN

    Paris

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    7 June 2005

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    • MASQUE HEAUME KUBA
    Lot 239

    MASQUE HEAUME KUBA

    RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

    Price realised

    EUR 2,400

    Estimate

    EUR 2,000 - EUR 3,000

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    MASQUE HEAUME KUBA
    République Démocratique du Congo
    Représentant un visage aux traits cubistes, la bouche rectangulaire, le grand nez triangulaire, deux projections placées sous les yeux rectangulaires percés, scarifications géométriques gravées sur le front, les joues et les tempes, le sommet du crâne surmonté d'une projection circulaire, restes de fibres végétales. Patine sombre.
    Hauteur: 33 cm.

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    KUBA HELMET MASK


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