AUCTION 322 - ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND NATURALIA (saleroom auction)
Lot 65
Arte Africana
Large Adonè headdress mask , Kurumba Burkina Faso
Beautiful antelope mask in polychrome wood and colored seed inserts. The masks of this type, in addition to being worn as crests during the most important sacred celebrations, also act as real portable altars linked to the cult of the deceased elderly. For a similar example see
the Metropolitan Museum, NYC, acc. N ° 1979.206.253 (adonè headdress).
Measures: 143.0 x 67.5 cm
Starting price: € 500,00
Estimate: € 1.000,00 - 1.500,00
The lot will be auctioned on 28 April starting from 14:00.
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