Janusfaced mask fetish ·  Guinea, Toma · ID: 3033534

Description

wood, dark brown patina, narrow face with sharp cut facial features, framed by a band of fabric, which is coated with a thick layer of clay-like mass (sacrificial blood, soot, chewn kola nut), a second smaller face on the back with the facial features nearly entirely hidden by thick encrusted sacrificial patina, framed by cowrie snails, slightly dam., acrylic base.

The object Janusfaced mask fetish with the object ID 3033534 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 190 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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