Lot 269

Carved section in good condition with no repairs or damage, traces of white in crevices, clay headdress section with cracking and some possible areas of repair and infill.


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Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA (gallery number to the inside of the mask HI593)
acquired from the above

Norman Hurst (1944- 2011) was a pioneer of the thematic exhibition, who always published informed and well researched catalogues to accompany the many important pieces he collected.