Mask · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3039766
sold
EUR 2,800
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 6 May 1978, lot 288Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch
Description
light brown wood, kaolin, hanging lower lip, raised scarification marks, min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion
The object Mask with the object ID 3039766 was part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction on February 27, 2016. The object with the lot number 139 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 109