Mask · Nigeria, Urhobo · ID: 3038183
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Provenance
Ilka Oberhofer, Passau, GermanySize
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny patina, polychrome paint, tribe-typical facial features and scarifications, tube-shaped protruding mouth and long chin plug underneath, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts (right side), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask with the object ID 3038183 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 288.
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Comparing literature
Foss, Perkins (ed.), Where Gods and Mortals Meet, New York 2004, p. 105, ill. 62