Face mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" ("spirit") · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3049790
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Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, two-part, pigments, plant fibre, base
The object Face mask with articulated lower jaw “elu” (“spirit”) with the object ID 3049790 was last part of the auction Sale 100 at April 15, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 54.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 73 f.