Facial Mask

Senufo · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: BR-17

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Height
18 cm
Material
Bronze

Curious bronze mask whose model to lost wax has required a thorough work but which presents numerous damages that seem to be due to an imperfect…

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Curious bronze mask whose model to lost wax has required a thorough work but which presents numerous damages that seem to be due to an imperfect foundry more than to its antiquity. It seems, in some areas, as if the mold had been broken and the molten metal had been scattered and the metal had not reached all areas. Being an elaborate piece of wax persity it is a unique piece. Greenish patina from past time.

Further technical information
Width
14 cm
Attributed period
First third of the century XX or older

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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