Mask ·  Gabon, Tsogho · ID: 3034745

Description

wood, blackish brown coiffure, red and white pigment, a high rising forehead, crowned by a bulky tripartite coiffure, the actual facial plane concentrated on a rather small area, characterized by domed brows, a delicate nose, small mouth and eyes, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, crack (right side of the head)

The object Mask with the object ID 3034745 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 327 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrika, Maske und Skulptur, Olten 1989, ill. 73