Large African Nafana Bedu Polychrome Plank Mask, Ghana/Ivory Coast. Carved wood and pigment. Breaks with old repairs. Ex Collection Prof. Gene R. Shreve, South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Published: "African Art & the Serious Collector," Maine Antiques Digest (April, 2010). Size: 63'' x 20.5'' x 1.25'' (160 x 52 x 3 cm).

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