$400
Estimate: $400 - $600
Auction: September 23, 2020 11:00:00 AM EDT
Carved wood, the face with dilated nostrils, wide eyes and large smiling mouth, topped by an openwork headdress featuring two opposing leopards at the center, raised on a bespoke mount.
H: 22, W: 16 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.