Mask "joker" ·  Indien - Arunachal Pradesh, Monpa · ID: 3036034

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, laughing face, the eyes correspondingly narrowed to slits, coated with wrinkles on forehead and cheeks, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, missing part (backside at the rim)

The object Mask “joker” with the object ID 3036034 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 16 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Chazot, Eric, Masks of the Himalayas, New York 1990, p. 37