Mask "ntomo" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3034344
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster Würzburg, 11. Oktober 1997, lot 146Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, a slighty opened snout-like mouth, crowned by seven vertically protruding horns, rep. (horn tip), dam., insect caused damage, small missing parts.
The object Mask “ntomo” with the object ID 3034344 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 201 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 52