goli glen Wood, pigments, metal length 13in (33cm) Provenance French Private Collection Composed of a head of a buffalo fused with the horns of a gazelle, the open mouth with finely incised upper and lower teeth and a tongue curving upwards; a set of horns with incised ribbing forming a diamond at the top, almost joining; a ridge running from top of the head to the front of the snout with raised triangle patter; the broad facial planes with tapered conical eyes; a U-shaped metal insert at the nape of the neck; exquisite rich and semi-glossy dark brown patina, accented with dark red pigmentation on the circular eye plane and sides of the open mouth. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Inventory no. 1979.535.2 for similar mask of approximately the same size.