Mask "mangam" · Nigeria, Mama, Kaleri · ID: 3034991

Name: Mask "mangam"
SKU: 3034991
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Belgian Private Collection

Size

H: 46,5 cm

H: 18.3 inch

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, red pigment, traces of black paint, unusual horns: shear-shaped and arranged lenghtwise to the head, drilled eyes (originally encased with discs), the surface structure marked by weathering and insect caused damage, cracks, rep. (horn backside and left side of the mask), metal socle

The object Mask “mangam” with the object ID 3034991 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 259.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 411 f. R. Fardon u. a., Arts of the Benue River, Los Angeles 2011, p. 411

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