Mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3035702

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, animal hair, plant fibre, fabric, open mouth with moustache and metal teeth, the tongue coated with red fabric, collection number backside “Gouere No 19”, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of abrasion

The object Mask with the object ID 3035702 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 286 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 297