Lot 167: A fine Toma/Loma mask

Macenta region, Guinea/Liberia; H: 18"

The mask with three raised horns above the flat planar face, with fetish material in packets at the top of the mask. The forehead long and well patinated with horizontal brow and cubistic nose above the flat facial plane. The mask perforated for attachment of a fiber costume. Strips of aluminum applied at the sides and across the brow-lines and in 'X' patterns on the brow and face. A fine example with obvious signs of use. On a custom base.

Provenance:
This mask came from the collection of 'Doc' Cecil Wagner of Springfield, Ohio, who received a group of masks as a gift from a friend or relative who worked for Firestone in Liberia prior to 1960. By descent to the current owners.

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