$1,200
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: September 23, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Carved wood and pigment, with an elaborate coiffure, arched brows and downcast eyes, the mouth open and slight teeth exposed, raised scarification to the temples and central brow, the face painted red, with painted inventory number '672' to reverse, raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 16 1/2, W: 7 1/2 in. (approx., mask only)Provenance: The Estate of Thomas McNemar, Lexington, Virginia.
PUBLICATIONS:
A Selected Portfolio of African Sculpture in the McNemar Collection (New York: McNemar Gallery of African Art, 1966), unnumbered plate.