Mask · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3041759
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, lot 364Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria
Size
H: 19 cm
H: 7.5 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, disc-shaped base, raised mask face in the centre, rep. (breakage/lower rim), fine cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Mask with the object ID 3041759 was part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction on May 27, 2017. The object with the lot number 36 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 900.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, L'Art Eket, Paris 1979, ill. 17
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 210
AHDRC: 0141977