Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Ngere · ID: 3041417
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 3 December 1977, lot 13
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, clay-like mass, red pigment, tube of fabric embroidered with cowrie shells diadem-like framing the head, nose and massive cheek projections modelled with clay-like mass and stud with four animal horns and tufts of animal hair, inscribed on the backside: “I.2.10A101”, mass partly broken/cracked, some cowrie shells missing, abrasion/traces of usage backside, base
The object Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask with the object ID 3041417 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 230 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,300.
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