7th Dec, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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An Impressive Chokwe Chihongo Mask, Congo, representing male ancestors, of black and muted red stained wood with coffee bean eyesl, aquiline nose and wide open mouth showing upper and lower teeth, with scarified cheeks, wearing a vegetable fibre, hooped wicker and feather headdress, on a modern ebonised wood stand, 56cm high overall
Footnote:- This is the male mask used by male dancers in Chokwe ceremonies who perform opposite dancers wearing the female Pwo mask.
Sold for £60
Estimated at £100 - £150
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 7th Dec, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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Tuesday 6 December 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am
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