But the mask turned out to be a rare piece of African art — a 19th-century Ngil mask used in rituals by the Fang people in Gabon, with only a handful of such pieces in existence. Only about a ...

The mask is originally from Gabon and was in the collection of an interior designer A 20th-century African mask sold for £107,100, more than 300 times its guide price. The Kwele mask from Gabon ...