Lot 30
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TETELA JANUS MASK
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities | 556
Auction: 1 May 2019 at 12:00 BST
£2,500
Description
carved wood and pigment, an ochre base with white pigment denoting the dual faces, scarification and abstract decoration framing the features, a crest above, bush repair to the base, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
31cm tall
Footnote
Provenance:
Ulfert Wilke, New York
Christie's London, 18th June 1991, Tribal Art, lot 144
Private collection, London
Chester Jones, London (original purchase invoice to be included)