Helmet mask · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035642
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany (1960’s)German Private Collection
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch
Description
light brown wood, brown patina, cut out square eyes, flat forehead area, curved horns describing an oval form, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
The object Helmet mask with the object ID 3035642 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 241 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.
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Comparing literature
Museum of Primitive Art (ed.), Bambara sculpture from the Western Sudan, New York 1960, p. 62, ill. 111