Mask "lewa" · Papua New Guinea - Boiken · ID: 3037621
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, painted in reddish brown and yellow ochre, traces of lime, long nose tapering to a point, narrow slit eyes and small mouth, dam., missing parts on the upper and lower rim of the mask, one half of the left ear missing, plant fibre cord
The object Mask “lewa” with the object ID 3037621 was part of the auction 78th tribal art auction on October 18, 2014. The object with the lot number 25 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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