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A Mossi Dance Crest

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Description

A striking carved wooden anthropomorphic dance crest of a painted Red ancestral spirit head with raised central crest, facial scar tattoos and white eyes. The head crest measures 14.25 inches tall on a 6 x 6 inch steel display stand. Mossi peoples, Burkina faso, West Africa. Provenance: Ex Prof Gould collection, New York.

Condition

Good/Fair, well weathered

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A Mossi Dance Crest

Name: A Mossi Dance Crest
SKU: 166214402
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $500 - $800

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