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A Songye Kifwebe Female Mask Ex Visser Gallery

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A Songye Kifwebe Female Mask Ex Visser Gallery

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A Large carved wooden female Kifwebe society dance mask with precise carved linear decorations and painted with black pigments and kaolin clay. The Mask has a well handled surface and measures 20 x 11 inches. A metal display stand can also be included for an additional $50.00. Songye peoples, DRC/ Congo, central Africa. Provenance: Verbally stated to have been the property of a Ex Prime Minister to Gabon , also Ex Visser Gallery, Belgium, Ex Dr Gilbert Jackson, MD.

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Good, well handled

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A Songye Kifwebe Female Mask Ex Visser Gallery

Name: A Songye Kifwebe Female Mask Ex Visser Gallery
SKU: 137954065
Price: 750 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000

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