KUBA MASK
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
£400
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History
Auction: 5 May 2020 at 12:00 BST
Description
carved wood, fibre and shell, with applied metal to the lips, eyelids, cheeks and forehead displaying a chevron pattern, above a fibre netting back with cowrie shell band
Dimensions
25.5cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired whilst deployed with Médecins Sans Frontières in the 1970's in Central Africa