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This is the rating and price for Vuvi Face Mask, 1995



Description : Vuvi or Sango, Gabon, H: 13Of classical form, finely carved with remains of black pigment on the hairline, brow, and chin. Remaining red and white pigment throughout. Comments: Masks of this particular type have often been attributed to the Vuvi or Pove people in Gabon, however Siroto depicts a very similar mask that he attributes to the Northern Sango (Siroto, 1995). Siroto likens masks of this type 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.
Price: 5 904.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 12000 USD-18000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 225
Title : Vuvi Face Mask, Period : 1995
Size : H: 13
Provenance : - Michel Egloff, Neuchatel- Zollman Collection, IND - Gelbard collection, NY
Literature : Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz, Pg. 29, Fig. 66
The Cobbs, auctioneer, Peterborough, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 02 Nov 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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