Face mask · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3039637
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
René Rasmussen, Paris, FranceSize
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
light wood, min. remains of polychrome paint (white, black and red pigment), overlarge eyes cut out, fine grooved inner edge, open mouth carved with single teeth, slight traces of insect caused damage, rep. (chin right hand side), fine crack
The object Face mask with the object ID 3039637 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.
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