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October 23, 2010
Lot: 126Lot: 128 
 Embed this image:  | LOT 127An exceptional Bakongo helmet mask; Bakongo, Yombe subgroup, D.R. Congo, (Ngoboudi).Estimate: $12,000.00 - $18,000.00 Realized: $8500 An exceptional Bakongo helmet mask; Bakongo, Yombe subgroup, D.R. Congo, (Ngoboudi). Exception three quarter helmet mask with classical Bakongo features. Rendered naturalistically with grinning face and remains of original pigmentation. One of only three known examples of the sub-type. Exceptional patina with signs of wear and use. Yale archive number: 28677. Provenance: Ex. Gallery Kahn, NY; a private Virginia collection. Publication History: Lehuard's exhaustive study of Bakongo masking: "Art Bakango: Les Centres De Style, Vol., III Les Masques" Raoul Lehuard, 1989; "Art d'Afrique Noire" Arnouville, 1993. H. 16" |
