AUCTION 322 - ETHNOGRAPHIC ART AND NATURALIA (saleroom auction)
Lot 59
Arte Africana
Toma (?) helmet mask (?) Guinea / Liberia
Imposing dark patina wooden mask with canvas inserts and heterogeneous materials possibly depicting Landai, ancestral spirit of the woods invoked during initiation rites.
The animal-like face is characterized by the numerous horns and the magic bag fixed at the forehead and filled with apotropaic materials.
Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca, 1925- Empoli, 2015).
Measures: 91.0 x 37.0 cm
Starting price: € 800,00
Estimate: € 2.500,00 - 3.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 28 April starting from 14:00.
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