Zemanek-Münster

Ancestor spirit mask

Papua New Guinea - Sepik
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Ulrich Kortmann, Dortmund, Germany
Australian Private Collection, New South Wales
Size
L: 50,5 cm
L: 19.9 inch

Description

wood, characteristic form, painted in unusually bright colours, with pink-red, yellow and indigo blue, in the eye-zone mixed with white pigment, which gives the mask a particular intensive look, drilled holes around the rim, crossbar backside for additionally fixing the mask with the mouth (traces of the teeth recognizable), slightly dam., abrasion of paint, small traces of insect caused damage backside


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