Funeral mask · Alaska, Inuit · ID: 3040431
sold
EUR 1,000
Size
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
whale bone, roundish face with prominent high cheekbones, close-set tiny eyes, slit-like open mouth with inserted animal teeth, slightly dam.;
in former times such masks were placed on the face of the dead and buried with him in the grave. Nowadays they are just made for remembrance and are kept in the family.
The object Funeral mask with the object ID 3040431 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 102 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000 with an asking price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Conn, Richard, Die Kultur der Indianer Nordamerikas, Bonn 1987, ill. 60