Ogoni Mask

Description:

Ogoni Mask, carved from light-colored wood, the face, with the small, wide, upwards curved nose, full dark lips and pierced eyes is colored in white, beneath a black-dyed cap with three upturned points on the rim, with round scarification marks on both temples next to rounded ears, the jaw is hinged with fiber, with fifteen "teeth" made of wooden pegs, which were inserted in the lower jaw, ht. 7 1/2 in.
Estimate $400-600


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