$1,200
Estimate: $400 - $600
Auction: September 23, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Carved wood, the oval face with pursed mouth, the eyes pierced with slits, two pairs of flanges on each side of the face and two projections emanating from the chin, the forehead topped with a horned crest, with painted inventory number '844' to reverse, raised on bespoke mount.
H: 14 1/4, W: 7 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.