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Description : Akan, Ivory Coast and Ghana, H: 2, 2 1/2 & 4The two smaller of classical form, one male, the other female, displaying typical Akan casting. The larger example, unusual, with native repaired casting flaw and elongated mouth less jaw.Comments: The Akan made and used gold and gold washed maskettes as symbols of prestige and status. This group of three maskettes illustrates some of the rich diversity inherent in the corpus, from the simple mask-like classical face to the almost naturalistic bearded mask to the longheaded mouthless aberrant.
Price: 1 476.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 2200 USD-4400 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 180
Title : Three Akan Gilded Maskettes
Size : H: 2, 2 1/2 &, 4
Provenance : - Zollman Collection, IND - Gelbard collection, NY
Literature : Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz, Pg. 15, Fig. 34
The Cobbs, auctioneer, Peterborough, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
Sale date : 02 Nov 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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