Arte africana Senufo helmet mask (wanyugu)Ivory Coast.
African art Senufo helmet mask (wanyugu)Ivory Coast. . Cm 76,00 x 36,00. mask of the so called “firespitter” type, used by members of the men's Poro Society, of imposing proportions and fine bright black patina.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 Senufo helmet mask (wanyugu)Ivory Coast. . Cm 76,00 x 36,00. mask of the so called “firespitter” type, used by members of the men's Poro Society, of imposing proportions and fine bright black patina.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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