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This is the rating and price for A Magnificent Dan Mask, 1989.0



Description : of hollowed oval form, and pierced around the rim numerous times for the attachment of a headdress, deeply carved, with broad raised pierced lips showing holes on the underside of the upper lip, beneath a straight nose with distinct crescent nostrils flanked by large oval half-closed pierced eyes deeply set in the planar sockets beneath a broad protruding flange decorated with three parallel lines at the top, exceptionally fine and varied medium brown patina overall. Provenance: Steven Chauvet Collection, Paris L & R Entwistle, London Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Hollander, St. Louis Published: Robbins and Nooter, African art in American collections, 1989:169, figure 331 Dan/We masks of this quality and age are exceptionally rare. For a related example, exhibited in 1935 in African Negro Art at the Museum of Modern Art, New York see the cover illustration of Arts d'Afrique Noire, autumn 1976. #8788NIGERIA/GHANA Property of Various Owners.
Price: 107 000.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 100000 USD-150000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 86
Title : A Magnificent Dan Mask, Period : 1989.0
Sotheby's, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : African and Oceanic Art
Sale date : 19 Nov 1999 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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