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Descrizione : **Originally Listed At $650** Southern Africa, Mozambique or Tanzania, Makonde peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful helmet mask, hand-carved from lightweight wood, depicting a stylized human face with a hollowed-out interior cavity. The intriguing orange-painted face presents with a ringed neck base, cupped ears, enormous lips enclosing a row of thin teeth, a broad nose with flattened nostrils, and slender eyes recessed beneath plateaued brows. Dozens of incised grooves line the top of the head with a sparse coiffure formed from small tufts of human hair which are adhered into place. Size: 9.5 W x 9.1 H (24.1 cm x 23.1 cm). Provenance: private Los Angeles, California, 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. #145783
Prezzo: 0.00 USD 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Stima (bassa/alta) : 300 USD-450 USD 🔓Senza carta di credito.

Il lotto Lotto n° 298
Titolo : 20Th C. African Makonde Wooden Helmet Mask W/ Hair
Condition report : Large but stable fissures along verso, small losses to one eye, neck line, and coiffure hair, with light abrasions to face and neck line, and fading to original pigmentation. Nice earthen deposits throughout.
Artemis Gallery, banditore, Louisville, US 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Titolo di vendita : End-of-Year Clearance Ancient / Ethnographic
Data della vendita : 29/12/2021 🔓Senza carta di credito.
Riferimento dell'asta : Live Sale

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