Face mask · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3042340
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Provenance
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ(1956)Size
H: 29,5 cm
H: 11.6 inch
Description
wood, strongly encrusted greyish brown patina with remains of white and pink pigment, with funnel-shaped headdress, flanked by long ears, raised triangular compartmens on the forehead, partly filled with ornaments in relief, upperlip visible/lower jaw missing, drilled holes for insertion of teeth on the backside, collection number “IB 1”, slightly dam., cracks, abrasion of paint, traces of old age
The object Face mask with the object ID 3042340 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 316.
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