Mask · Burkina Faso, Nunuma · ID: 3033917
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Provenance
Robert Duperrier, Paris, FranceSize
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
light brown wood, brown patina, oval facial plane with a protruding forehead, the eyes incised in concentrical lines, a big rhomb-shaped mouth with remains of separate carved teeth, chin plug, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts (teeth, back), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base
The object Mask with the object ID 3033917 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 152.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 64