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Description : **First Time At Auction** West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule peoples, ca. mid-20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask featuring a pair of highly stylized anthropomorphic faces representing village female elders. The mask body itself is a relatively hemispherical wooden backing from which emanate the dark brown faces, and perforations along the periphery enable the owner to wear the mask either on their face or as part of a larger costume. Each face has large eyes beneath sweeping brows, a tall, slender nose with flared nostrils, and peaked coiffures atop high foreheads. Size: 8.6 W x 11.25 H (21.8 cm x 28.6 cm) Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #172927
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