Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3042996
German Collection, Würzburg
Description
wood, softly luminous black patina, characterized by small pierced eyes, accentuated cheeks and large triangular projecting mouth with central drilling, incised lines contouring the face, drilled holes in semi-circular arrangement on top, drilled holes in pairs on each side, slightly dam. (mouth, left eyebrow), minor missing parts at the rim, abrasion of paint
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “tankagle” with the object ID 3042996 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 256 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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