Eskimo (Arctic) mask made from parts and fragments of cetace - Lot 61

Eskimo (Arctic) mask made from parts and fragments of cetacean bones (Cetacea spp (I/A) pre-convention). First third of the 20th century. Height: 27.5 cm Provenance : - Galerie Flak, Paris - Paris private collection Exhibition: Crossing Mirrors, Fondation d'art contemporain Rosenblum Collection and Friends, Paris, autumn 2012 Large marine bone mask, eyes wide open under the arch of the eyebrows, cheekbones protruding. The straight nose overhangs the open mouth with its pronounced corners. In its configuration, this mask does not differ from wooden masks, but its dimensions are significant. It belongs to a corpus of commissioned works, produced between the very end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.