Face mask · Tanzania, Ziba · ID: 3032786
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Provenance
David Henrion, Sauvenière, BelgiumBelgian Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, black patina, kaolin, animal hair, deep flutes filled with kaolin giving the face a geometrical structure, the rectangular pierced mouth framed by drilled holes, animal hair in the area of the temples, wooden splices at the same place, chin beard, slightly dam., minor missing parts, rep. (iron clip on the head), on metal base;
extremely expressive effect.
The object Face mask with the object ID 3032786 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 464.
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Comparing literature
Krieger, Kurt, Ostafrikanische Plastik, Berlin 1990, ill. 83