A rare Ngbaka Mask

of hollowed form, the square jawline beneath the deeply carved square mouth inset with wooden teeth beneath the concave plane with pierced square eyes bisected by the serrated nose beneath the flat crown; aged dark brown surface with areas of white pigment.

Frederic Byers, Chicago, Illinois, June 1978

Bradley, Traditional African Sculpture from the Britt Family Collection, 1982: 8, figure 5, catalogue of the exhibition Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, October 24 - December 19, 1982