Bruce Frank Primitive Art

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Just posted 10 recent acquisitions to our online gallery, please visit www.brucefrankprimitiveart.com to view them. #oceanicart #africanartcollection #indonesiantribalart #dayakart #korwar #artpremier #combcollection #tribalmask #tribalfetish #timorart #yorubatribalart #yorubaart

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Ejagham Helmet Mask Yoruba, Nigeria 19th-early 20th c. Provenance: Dr. Edmund Muller collection, (1898-1976) Beromunster, Switzerland, Muller accession number 148 Sotheby’s New York, November 22, 1998, lot 76... Private collection, New York Egungun headdress are used during masquerade ceremonies held in reverence of the dead. The melding of animal and human form is used to express the precarious state of the ancestor’s presence between the heavens and earth. This particular example is of hollowed spherical form with a human face combined with zoomorphic elements. Carved on its forehead are nine small medicine gourds. Surmounted on its head are carved ridged antelope horns and a figure of a monkey clasping at the horns. The patina is deeply encrusted, with multiple layers of applied natural pigments. Height: 13 in / 34.3 cm. #yorubaart #africanmask #africantribalart #artpremier #museumquality #museedulouvre #museequaibranly #metropolitanmuseumofart #metmuseum #homegallery #homegallerynyc See more

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Happy New Year, and Best Wishes for a healthy 2021. We just posted some exceptional recent acquisitions to our online gallery. Please visit www.brucefrankprimitiveart.com to view them. #artpremier #tribalartgallery #tribalartsociety #tribalart #oceanicart #indonesiantribalart #africantribalart #dayakart