Zemanek-Münster

Beautiful old mask ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3042580

sold EUR 2,000
Provenance
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 February 2016, lot 55
Size
H: 38,5 cm
H: 15.2 inch

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 3042580 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 24 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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