four-circular-form-west-african-masks
Lot 116
Four Circular Form West African Masks
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first carved with realistic human features and painted with radiating kaolin decoration (11.25 in.) (some paint loss); the second a Teke mask carved with diamond, starburst, triangle shapes and paint decorated (15 in.) (good estate condition); the third a Kuba mask, surface with applied beaded decoration and lower beaded fringe (9.75 in.) (encrustation around beads; light wear); Baule Guli Society mask, carved with horns, polychrome painted (16 in.) (good estate condition).

Single Owner Collection of a Southern Gentleman