Arte africana Hippopotamus mask, BamumCameroon.
African art Hippopotamus mask, BamumCameroon. . Cm 26,00 x 44,00. Large zoomorphic mask covered with a thick encrusted patina.NOTE - For a similar example see: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA, Hippopotamus mask, cat. n. G205A-African Gallery East.Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca 1925 - Empoli 2015). This piece had come through the inheritance of the collector and humanist Renèe Druart (Grasse 1888 - 1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
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African art Hippopotamus mask, BamumCameroon. . Cm 26,00 x 44,00. Large zoomorphic mask covered with a thick encrusted patina.NOTE - For a similar example see: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, USA, Hippopotamus mask, cat. n. G205A-African Gallery East.Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca 1925 - Empoli 2015). This piece had come through the inheritance of the collector and humanist Renèe Druart (Grasse 1888 - 1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
