Deformation mask · Nigeria, Yoruba/Ibibio · ID: 3036006
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, circular eyes lying deep in their sockets, pock bumps in the area of the forehead and the cheeks, pierced around the rim (partly missing), rest. (breakage on the upper rim), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Deformation mask with the object ID 3036006 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 351 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Klever, Ulrich, Bruckmann's Handbuch der afrikanischen Kunst, München 1975, ill. 56