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Miniature mask "ma go" - Liberia, Bassa

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Description

wood, slightly shiny dark brown patina, copying the mask type "geh-naw", slightly dam. (left ear), insect caused missing parts (backside);
these miniature masks are called "ma go", which means "small head". On travels they function as substitute for the big masks in representing the helping spirit.
H: 8 cm
Provenance:
collected in situ in Monrovia, Liberia (1973)
Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA
Lit.: Meneghini, Mario, Collecting African Art in Liberia and Neighboring Countries 1963 - 1989, o.O. 2006, p. 65, ill. 30
Continent: Africa

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Miniature mask "ma go" - Liberia, Bassa

Name: Miniature mask \"ma go\" - Liberia, Bassa
SKU: 30578373
Price: 700 EUR
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Estimate €600 - €1,200

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