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Wed, Apr 5, 2023 05:30PM EDT
Lot 230

Mask w/Horns, Grunce, Burkina Faso

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

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African Tribal Art: Grunce People, Burkina Faso: Mask depicting a horned animal, mid 20th Century. Carved wood with a dark-stained finish detailed with white pigment at the eyes, crest and horn-tips.

12.25H x 8.5W x 6D (inches).

Private Collection, Massachusetts, Private Collection, New York

Condition

Good condition with small area of wood-loss at the attachment holes on the outer rim of the back.

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