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Antique African Bwa People Bushcow Mask Burkino Faso Christie's

$ 2112

Availability: 74 in stock
  • Condition: Some old damages and repairs. General age wear.
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Culture: African
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Burkina Faso

    Description

    Mask
    We are selling this great carved African Tribal Mask. This great mask of a bushcow has attractive carved details and colors with oversized horns. The mask formerly comes from the Christie's sale of the Collection of William A. McCarty-Cooper, May 1992, and was previously in the collection of Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler of Munich.
    Condition: Old damages and repairs, some splits and losses to the wood.
    Dimensions:
    Height 32 3/8 Inches 92.4 cm
    Width 25 Inches 63.5 cm
    Depth 17 Inches 43.2 cm
    Some items we offer have age and wear, this wear due to age may include breaks, repairs, repainting, or restoration, we try to call this damage as well as possible but please refer to the photography for a full description.
    We try to identify and describe our items to the best of our ability however we are not experts and our estimates of age, period or attribution should be taken as speculation and not fact.Our descriptions are solely there to assist buyers finding the items and are not an accurate description of the item in all cases. Ultimately the pictures we take serve as our description.
    This fine antique is offered with a fair and reasonable fixed price, I trust my descriptions and photos detail this item to justify the asking price. If you do need information I have neglected to include, make an offer, or additional photos, please don't hesitate to ask, I will do my best to comply.
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