Mask "mwana pwo" · Angola, Chokwe · ID: 3037686
Leon Wallace, Los Angeles, USA
Description
wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, delicate nose with middle groove, raised ornamental scarifications, cross tattoo on the forehead, elaborate knotted bonnet of plant fibre, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “mwana pwo” with the object ID 3037686 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 519 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,585.
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Comparing literature
Jordán, Manuel (ed.), Chokwe!, München, London, New York 1998, p. 94, ill. 56