Description: Item/Description: Decorative Marka style Mali mask. Intricately carved and fitted with hand-chased brass faceplate shield. Tubular brass adornments with red fringe-tipped ends held in place by nails; remnants of bright blue pain to lips. Masterfully carved 3 dimensional crested headdress

Material: Hand carved wood, brass, metal, fiber

Dimensions: Length: 14 1/2"; Width: 6"; Depth: 3 3/4"

Condition: Loosening of right brass tube (moves back and forth) but remains securely in place. Surface age use and wear, paint loss, linear split in wood at top of mask underside, areas of abrasion to wood.

Age: 20th Century

Provenance: Private collection from a single New York estate

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Buyers premium: 18%