Mask ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3038262

Description

wood, dark brown patina, red pigment, framing of tortoise shell around the eyes, ears with two drilled holes each for attachment of ornament, flat beak-like nose, drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam., minor missing part (forhead ridge), old rep. at the right ear (fixed with tar-like blackish mass), abrasion of paint;
worn by dancers on occasion of ritual festivities. The masks depict either ancestors or mythical spirits; which of them cannot be determined, when the masks once have left their place of origin.

The object Mask with the object ID 3038262 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 43 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800.

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