Face mask with articulated jaw "elu" ("spirit") · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3047179
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Allan Stone, New York, USASize
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
Description
wood, two-part, pigments, cord, base
The object Face mask with articulated jaw “elu” (“spirit”) with the object ID 3047179 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 191 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 283