Mask · Tanzania, Sukuma · ID: 3029007
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Ralf Schulte-Bahrenberg, Duisburg, GermanySize
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
calabash, clay-like encrusted patina, coiffure and pierced round eyes decorated with beads, mouth opening with six metal teeth, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base
The object Mask with the object ID 3029007 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 487 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.
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Publications
Schulte-Bahrenberg, Ralf (Hg.), Tansania, Glaube, Kult und Geisterwelt, Stuttgart 2007, p. 99, ill. 18