Mask · Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3034059
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Provenance
Julius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1932)Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black paint, slightly asymmetrical facial features, drilled ornaments at the coiffure, old label “227” and handwritten number “MP10” backside, min. dam., fine cracks, traces of abrasion;
the Tsohgo are a small ethnic group in the central south of Gabon, to the north of the Punu, and to the east of the Shira.
The object Mask with the object ID 3034059 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 346.
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