Mask · Nepal · ID: 3038991
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Provenance
Robert Banks, Washington, USASize
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, small traces of red pigment, incised symbols on the forehead, five half figures with praying gesture in bas-relief above, beautiful detail: flanked by outstretched arms on each side, rough traces of carving tool on the backside, slightly dam. (mouth), minor missing parts (chin, backside at the rim), abrasion of paint (nose), metal base
The object Mask with the object ID 3038991 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 4.
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