Yaka Initiation Mask

Description:

Yaka Initiation Mask, ndemba, polychrome face with slightly open mouth beneath an exaggerated upturned nose framed by bulbous slit eyes and forward projecting ears, wearing an elaborate hat of two concentric conical forms each highly decorated with polychrome geometric designs, framed by four vertical spires, ht. 29 1/2 in.
Estimate $700-900


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