Mask of an ancestor spirit ·  Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3037820

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, of characteristic form: raised beard with notched rim, bow-shaped nose with pierced septum, reduced ornaments aside the notched mouth, slightly dam., minor missing parts (beard, crowning knob), cracks, metal base

The object Mask of an ancestor spirit with the object ID 3037820 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 36.

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