Face mask "vavampwevo" · Zambia, Luchazi · ID: 3033998
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Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, GermanyP. Kummert, Frankfurt, Germany
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, light brown patina, round face, provided with eye-catching tattoos (cross and circle motifs), the teeth inset with wooden splinters (some missing), drilled holes around the rim, in the lower half in a dense row, in the upper half in broader intervals, slightly dam., cracks (forehead), mounted on metal base
The object Face mask “vavampwevo” with the object ID 3033998 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 495.
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