A DAYAK HUDOQ MASK

A DAYAK HUDOQ MASK, Borneo, late 19th / early 20th century, the slender face with large circular eyes inset with glass, the clenched mouth with two pairs of tusk-like teeth, painted in red, black and white, 40cm long

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PROVENANCE: Formerly in the collection of Professor C. M. Kauffmann (1931-2023), purchased from Gordon Reece Gallery, London, in 1999; Thence by descent.

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NOTE: Compare a mask with similar glass eyes, sold at Vienna Palais Dorotheum, 15th December 2020, lot 80. A comparable mask is housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, no. 1988.143.77.

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