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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 568542, member: 8267"]The closest I have found, stylistically, is this Kota figure. The Kota are a group that live in the eastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. This figure has the same heavy brows, triangular nose, and rectangular mouth. It is also covered in sheet metal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]172776[/ATTACH] </p><p>Jean-Baptiste Bacquart: The Tribal Arts of Africa. Thames & Hudson, 1998.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, masks from this group are apparently uncommon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 568542, member: 8267"]The closest I have found, stylistically, is this Kota figure. The Kota are a group that live in the eastern Gabon, near the border with the Republic of Congo. This figure has the same heavy brows, triangular nose, and rectangular mouth. It is also covered in sheet metal. [ATTACH=full]172776[/ATTACH] Jean-Baptiste Bacquart: The Tribal Arts of Africa. Thames & Hudson, 1998. However, masks from this group are apparently uncommon.[/QUOTE]
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