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Rare Yaka Buffalo mask Collected 1965 +Bourgeois Letter

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Rare Yaka Buffalo mask Collected 1965 +Bourgeois Letter

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This is a very fine and rare Kwango area Buffalo mask. Carved wooden helmet style mask with various colored kaolin clay pigments and a large raffia grass collar. Yaka or Suku peoples, Congo, Africa. * This mask was field collected by Rev. Lawson Mooney, C. 1965. ***The lot will be accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Doctor Arthur P. Bourgeois, author of 'Art of the Yaka and the Suku'. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $35.00

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fair, one horn end eroded, areas of wear and weathering

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Rare Yaka Buffalo mask Collected 1965 +Bourgeois Letter

Name: Rare Yaka Buffalo mask Collected 1965 +Bourgeois Letter
SKU: 74386638
Price: 380 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $500 - $800

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