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with eyebrow arches in relief, forehead covered with a crown. Hardwood, old honey patina and wear marks, metal, yak hair Nepal, Middle Hills or High Mountains 24.5 x 16 cm Provenance: collection of Jean-Pierre CORMERAIS, ethnologist and author of the reference work Les Chemises des Dieux - Univers magique de la peinture Yao, published by White Lotus Press 2011.

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LUMBO, GABON Dance mask with long arched eyebrows, half-closed eyes, slightly pinched upper lip and forehead decorated with a diamond-shaped scarification. The raised headdress has four lateral lobes. Soft wood, natural white pigments, localized brown patina. Old wear marks. H. 32 cm; L. 27 cm.

Lot 26

Estim. 15 000 - 20 000 EUR

Important N'gil-type helmet mask, nose and eyebrows in deep relief. Pyrographed arrows and geometric chevrons on the temples. Zigzag motif on the forehead. Wood with old oxidized patina and traces of kaolin. Fang people. Gabon Early 20th century. Height: 55 cm (Old native restoration on the left eye) Provenance: former collection of a Parisian connoisseur, then passed on by inheritance.

Lot 49

Estim. 2 000 - 3 000 EUR

Beautiful carved walnut head of Saint John the Baptist. The prophet's face is emaciated, with a wrinkled forehead, arching eyebrows, high-relief eyes with finely hemmed eyelids, prominent cheekbones and hollow cheeks, and a half-open mouth with thin lips revealing the teeth. The bifid beard and long hair are treated in tight curls with strong waves. Middle Rhine, Westphalia, Dortmund, circa 1460/70 H. 22 cm (some wear and tear) The abundance of curls with strong waves and this curious face with crossbow-shaped eyebrows in high relief, semi-circular eyes with heavy eyelids, with the same placement of the whiskers around the well-defined lips, can be found on several sculptures in the Schnutgen Museum in Cologne given as coming from Dortmund in Westphalia (inv. A 452, A 503 and A 508). Book consulted : - R. Karrenbrock, Die Holzkulpturen des Mittelalters II, 1400 bis 1540, Cologne, 2001, p.406-414

Lot 155

Starting price 300 EUR

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LUMBO, GABON Dance mask with long arched eyebrows, half-closed eyes, slightly pinched upper lip and forehead decorated with a diamond-shaped scarification. The raised headdress has four lateral lobes. Soft wood, natural white pigments, localized brown patina. Old wear marks. H. 32 cm; L. 27 cm.

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