Mask ·  D. R. Congo, Luba · ID: 3037781

Description

wood, kaolin, black paint, narrow slit eyes, a “smiling” mouth, helmet-like coiffure with sideburns, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight tracess of abrasion, small missing parts, base;
european facial features, presumably a colon mask.

The object Mask with the object ID 3037781 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 461 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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