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Description : Akan, Ivory Coast and Ghana, H: 2, 2 1/2 & 4The two smaller of classical form, one male, the other female, displaying typical Akan casting. The larger example, unusual, with native repaired casting flaw and elongated mouth less jaw.Comments: The Akan made and used gold and gold washed maskettes as symbols of prestige and status. This group of three maskettes illustrates some of the rich diversity inherent in the corpus, from the simple mask-like classical face to the almost naturalistic bearded mask to the longheaded mouthless aberrant.

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