height 16in (40.6cm) Provenance Michael Oliver, New York Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York Published Herreman, Frank, Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, New York, 2002, Cat. 63 Exhibited New York, Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, 2002 This stylized bird mask is of ovoid form with central ridge running vertically from top to bottom that divides the two sets of pierced eye slits; a rectangular plank rises above the forehead like a rooster's comb; pierced around the rim with cordage remnants; the front decorated overall with white, black and red pigments.
height 16in (40.6cm) Provenance Michael Oliver, New York Leon Meizlik Collection, Westchester, New York Published Herreman, Frank, Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, New York, 2002, Cat. 63 Exhibited New York, Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, 2002 This stylized bird mask is of ovoid form with central ridge running vertically from top to bottom that divides the two sets of pierced eye slits; a rectangular plank rises above the forehead like a rooster's comb; pierced around the rim with cordage remnants; the front decorated overall with white, black and red pigments.
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