Description : RARE EARLY AFRICAN MASK
Rare Buffalo Cow Helmet Mask, Bijagos Peoples, Guinea-Bissau Islands, off the coast of Africa, in carved and painted softwood with glass marbles for eyes, having a laced on wooden collar, 18 wide at the horns. Some losses. Masks representing dugn'be, (the ox raised in the village), are used in young men's initiation ceremonies in the Bissagos Islands.
From the Munich, Germany collection of Wilfried Kragler.
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About the lot N° 1073 Title : Rare Early African Mask Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, auctioneer, Thomaston, USIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : 2018 SPRING AUCTION WEEKEND Sale date : 01 Jun 2018It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale