AUCTION 285 - AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ART FROM TWO IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (ONLINE)
Lot 98
Arte Africana
Senufo helmet mask (wanyugu) Ivory Coast
mask of the so called “firespitter” type, used by members of the men's Poro Society, of imposing proportions and fine bright black patina.
Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca 1925 - Empoli 2015). This piece had come through the inheritance of the collector and humanist Renèe Druart (Grasse 1888 - 1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
Measures: 36.0 x 76.0 cm
Starting price: € 1.000,00
Estimate: € 2.500,00 - 3.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 24 March starting from 15:00.
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