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Description : West Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro culture, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask of a relatively ovoid form with a rounded rectangular backing, all covered with light and dark brown pigment. The intriguing visage features a pair of slit-form eye holes beneath sweeping brows and petite ears, a slender nose with narrow nostrils, a smiling mouth filled with incised teeth, and a tapered mandible, all beneath an incised, backswept coiffure. Atop the hairdo is a V-shaped element with a central, white-painted object that perhaps represents a full moon or the sun. Size: 5.1 W x 12 H (13 cm x 30.5 cm), 14.625 H (37.1 cm) on included custom stand. Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, ex-private Florida, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #169123
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