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Title : A Sango Or Vuvi Facemask
Notes : Provenance:Michel EgloffExhibited:Governors State University, IL, 2003Krannert Art Museum, IL, 2003Belger Art Foundation/University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, 2004Tall Grass Art Association, IL, 2005Published:Bourgeois and Rodolitz, REMNANTS OF RITUAL: SELECTIONS FROM THE GELBARD COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.29, fig.66Masks of this particular type have often been attributed to the Vuvi or Pove people in Gabon, and are related to the white faced masks of the Ogowe River area, and suggests a possible analogous function. The arching brows and simple smiling face of this mask are pleasing and well proportioned, while the carver displayed an adept ability in balancing these seemingly simple constituent parts into a truly complex whole.
Bonhams 2, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine African and Oceanic Art
Sale date : 13 Nov 2007 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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