Large and beautiful stylized mask decorated with arbutus seeds fusing zoomorphic elements, including large rising horns, and anthropomorphic with a characteristic T-shaped construction on the forehead comparable with another mask of the same type in the former Jacques Ulmann Collection, and allowing for a better understanding of the fusion of a human face within this stylization of zoomorphic appearance. See Sotheby's sale of December 2, 2015 lot 54 for the mask from the J.Ulmann Collection. Tussian, Burkina Faso Wood, kaolin, plant resin and arbutus seeds, plant fibers, restoration (original piece broken-glued), wear and beautiful patina from use. H. 77 cm (without the fibers) Provenance: Robert Duperrier Gallery, Paris 1968