Ancestor spirit mask · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038366
Australian Private Collection, New South Wales
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
The object Ancestor spirit mask with the object ID 3038366 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 44 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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