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Description : Carved wood ngontang spirit helmet mask from Gabon, Central Africa. Wood helmet mask has multiple faces, along with pierced and etched elements throughout. Mask measures approx 15.75 inches in height by 9.5 inches in diameter. Mask has surface wear consistent with age. African Art, Tribal Art, African sculpture, ethnographic Art, African folk art, African sculpture figural, decorative art, collectible African arts, African ceremonial mask. Property of a New York Private Collection. This anthropomorphic helmet mask is carved from a single block of wood and covers its wearers face and top of the head. this mask is linked to a Fang (Equatorial African) masquerade genre known as ngontang. From the second half of the 19th century through at least the first half of the 20th, masquerades called ngontang took root and evolved in Fang communities across present-day northern Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and southern Cameroon. Among approximately forty ngontang masks documented in major collections, some are single-faced, while others, in helmet
Prix: 432.25 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 100 USD-1000 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 73 Titre : Ngontang Helmet Mask, Gabon The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc., Salle de vente
, Mount Kisco, US🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : September 11 Red Carpet Auction Date de la vente : 11/09/2019🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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