Face mask "deangle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3033275
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (ca. 1977, acquired in Dakar, Senegal)Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, with narrow eyes, forehead tattoo and aluminium teeth (one missing), drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam., abrasion of patina;
the two drilled holes above the eyes presumably a hint, that a band of metal or fabric originally was superimposed to the eye zone.
The object Face mask “deangle” with the object ID 3033275 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 114 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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