hemba
Wood, pigments, metal
Height 17in (43cm)
Provenance
Emile Deletaille, Brussels, ca. 1970
Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1982, Lot 148
Irwin and Marcia Hersey Collection, New York
Stanley Lederman Collection, New York
Thence by descent
Carved in light, deeply hollowed wood with rounded forehead above large coffee-bean eyes with narrow slits for the mask wearer, slightly upturned nose, puckered lips--the lower with an extension; the coiffure with large central crest; dark-brown patina with wear indicative of much use.
hemba
Wood, pigments, metal
Height 17in (43cm)
Provenance
Emile Deletaille, Brussels, ca. 1970
Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1982, Lot 148
Irwin and Marcia Hersey Collection, New York
Stanley Lederman Collection, New York
Thence by descent
Carved in light, deeply hollowed wood with rounded forehead above large coffee-bean eyes with narrow slits for the mask wearer, slightly upturned nose, puckered lips--the lower with an extension; the coiffure with large central crest; dark-brown patina with wear indicative of much use.
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