05-05-201805-05-2018
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3099BBoston
May 5, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Mende Bundu Mask

Sell one like this
 
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 3099BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 05, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Mende Bundu Mask, from the Sande society, with fat rolls on the neck supporting the triangular shaped face with grooved mouth, narrow nose and crescent cutout eyes, below an open forehead, and surmounted by an elaborate coiffure with three graduated crest emerging from the crown, thick shiny black patina, ht. 18 1/2 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

few dings on crest, small chips on right side


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