Beautiful old mask · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3040238
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, slanting eyes framed by bulging lines, a short nose carved with five-parted nose ring, forehead zone and cheeks carved with ornaments, beautiful details: a small frog superimposed to the forehead, projections at the chin and on the head in shape of detailed animal heads (crocodile), drilled ear holes for attachment of ornament, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint
The object Beautiful old mask with the object ID 3040238 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 55 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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