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A Bidjogo "Kaissi" mask

Auktion 1263 - Übersicht Brussels
26.02.2025, 14:00 - Art of Africa, The Pacific and the Americas
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A Bidjogo "Kaissi" mask
Bissagos islands

141 cm

In the stylised form of seacreatures and Buffalo, these headdress masks (Kaissi) are from the Bidjogo people of Bissagos Islands, Guinea Bissau.This impressive mask is an elegantly stylized representation of the head of a sawfish, used in the initiation ceremonies

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Some countries, like the UK, may need a special import licence for the sawfish element.