Anthropomorphic helmet mask ·  Tanzania, Makonde/Mwera · ID: 3032475

Description

wood, dark brown patina, pear-shaped face with handle-shaped ears and a broad teeth-revealing mouth, blackish mass in a vertical line at the root of the nose, abundant grass fibre cuff around the lower rim, minor missing parts, abrasion, cracks, rep.

The object Anthropomorphic helmet mask with the object ID 3032475 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 144 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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