Mask · Northern Alaska, Yup'ik or Inupiaq · ID: 3043132
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Provenance
Parke-Bernet, New York, 1965, lot 49Size
H: 24,3 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
light wood, matt red patina, flat face with asymmetrical eye zone, marked by high cheek bones and open crescentic mouth carved with projecting upper teeth, slightly dam., cracks along the left mask rim, minor missing part (fine carved nasal septum), abrasion (nose, eyebrows), water spot, base
The object Mask with the object ID 3043132 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 46.
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