$1,000
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
Auction: September 23, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Carved wood, the helmet with open triangular eyes, ridge-like nose and protruding mouth all below an openwork crest surmounted by a horse and rider, raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 24, W: 9 in. (approx., mask only)Provenance: The Estate of Thomas McNemar, Lexington, Virginia.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Christopher Roy, Art of Upper Volta Rivers (Meudon, FR: A. et F. Chaffin, 1987), fig. 296.