Carved Wood Lega Bwami Style Mask and Yoruba Figure
Item Details
Artist unknown, Lega, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Untitled (Bwami mask)
Carved wood with white-pigmented face
Unsigned
Illegible marking to interior of mask
Artist unknown, Yoruba, Nigeria
Untitled (Mother and infant), 20th century
Carved wood figure on wooden base
Unsigned
Condition
- to Fair; significant chipping and loss of pigment to Lega mask face; natural wood cracks in chin and right side of mask; holes around edges of mask for missing fringe; surface scuffs and scratches to wood of both; figure is loose and can be removed from base; chips to painted eyes on figure; accretion to both.
Dimensions
- measures figural carving on base.
Item #
18BAL206-105