Mask Fang Gabon Wood, kaolin H.: 24.5 cm. Small... Lot 35

Mask Fang Gabon Wood, kaolin H.: 24.5 cm. Small mask with a cordiform, rounded and slightly concave face, bleached with kaolin. The eyes and the mouth carried forward are represented by small circular orifices. The rounded forehead is decorated with an incised median line ending in two volutes . Object having generally little use as a late replacement object, before integrating the colonial circles as an object of knowledge or Consultant ornament: Jean-Pierre Lacoste