BWA PLANK MASK
BURKINA FASO
£1,750
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Auction: 16 September 2020 at 15:00 BST
Description
carved wood and pigment, the flattened circular face with prominent cylindrical mouth and circular eyes, beak-like nose projecting form the forehead and a flattened rectangular element projecting from the top of the head, terminating in a U shaped element at the top, painted in red, black and white pigment
Dimensions
208cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Sotheby’s, Tribal Art, London, 26th June 1985, lot 125
Frederick Gore CBE RA (1913 - 2009), thence by descent