Mask ·  Zambia, Chokwe · ID: 3033836

Description

brown wood, partly shiny blackish brown patina, small slit eyes and visible teeth, scarification marks in the area of the forehead, nose, cheeks and temples, label " E 2043" at the back, pierced around the rim, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
presumably belonging to the type of “pwo”-masks, who should bestow fertilty on the audience and fulfilled educational purposes as well: the dancers moved gracefully, thus teaching the girls to move in the same way.

The object Mask with the object ID 3033836 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 492 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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