Mask ·  D. R. Congo, Lele/Kete · ID: 3038793

Description

wood, brown patina, red, white and indigo blue pigment, encrusted in some areas, raffia bast bonnet with a coiffure of dark brown fibre bundles, u-shaped flattened facial plane, narrow slit eyes framed by concentrical grooves, which are accentuated by changing colours, slightly dam., minor missing parts (left face half), metal base

The object Mask with the object ID 3038793 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 449 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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