Mask "gelede" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3035747
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 8. April 1989, lot 191Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, black paint and yellow ochre, plaited coiffure in five lobes, large ears with drilled holes, characteristic diamond-shaped tattoos on forehead and cheeks, drilled pupils, slightly dam. (left ear), missing part at the lower rim in the chin area, numerous holes around the rim (from insertion of ornament)
The object Mask “gelede” with the object ID 3035747 was part of the auction 75th tribal art auction on November 30, 2013. The object with the lot number 102 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,200.
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