Mask · Indonesia - Timor · ID: 3033372
Description
wood, thick encrusty patina of soot and smoke, concave vaulted facial plane, eyes and mouth cut out, hammer nose, piece of fur above the forehead, slightly dam.;
the function of the Timor masks is not known, although some source says that they were worn by priests during dances of the warriors.
The object Mask with the object ID 3033372 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 15 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul, Indonesian primitive art from the collection of the Barbier-Müller Museum, Geneva, Dallas 1984, p. 132, pl. 42