Ogoni Face Mask

Description:

Ogoni Face Mask, hollowed-out form with narrow face and small, wide, upwards curved nose, full dark lips, and slit pierced eyes with black painted eyebrows, square cut abstract ears beneath a finely incised black painted coiffure with central ridge, the jaw hinged with fiber, deep brown aged patina, ht. 7 3/4 in.

Provenance: The Nicholas Rubano collection, New Hampshire.
Estimate $1,200-1,800


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