Lot 255: Vintage African Hand-Carved Wooden Mask with Three Subsidiary Faces
A large, vertically oriented carved wooden mask, exhibiting a stylized ethnographic or folk art aesthetic. The prominent lower face features deeply carved eyes, a well-defined nose with incised marks, and an open mouth revealing a row of blocky teeth. Above this, a section of carved wood, stained or painted black, likely representing hair or a headdress. The uppermost part of the mask incorporates three smaller, similarly stylized faces with open mouths and teeth. The wood displays a reddish-brown tone with areas of darker staining/paint. A small orange sticker with the number “255” is adhered to the forehead of one of the upper faces.
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