Elephant mask · D. R. Congo · ID: 3039896
sold
EUR 2,100
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany (2004)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
L: 55 cm
L: 21.7 inch
Description
wood, blackish-brown patina, small remains of polychrome paint (red, yellow), large earwings with deepened dot pattern and drilled holes around rim, the trunk hollowed, provided with notched wrinkles and nostrils, slanting eyes, slightly dam. (eyes, trunk tip), rep. (left ear), abrasion of paint, fine cracks, traces of old age and usage
The object Elephant mask with the object ID 3039896 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 163 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,100.
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