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African Tribal Art
Lega Miniature Mask
- Culture
- Lega
- Origin
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Period
- 20th century
- Object
- Mask
- Materials
- Wood, Fibre
- Dimensions
- 22 × 8 cm, excluding beard
- Catalogue
- TRB-064
A small, nearly flat mask with horns and a fibre beard, the features reduced to simple but compelling forms.
Provenance
Estate of Thomas McNemar (1931-2020), who lived and collected throughout Central and West Africa in the 1960s and 1970s and established galleries of African art in New York and San Francisco.Acquired
Hilliard & Co. · 2022
