Mask of an ancestor spirit · Papua New Guinea - Sepik · ID: 3041921
sold
EUR 1,500
Size
H: 42,5 cm
H: 16.7 inch
Description
wood, matt brown patina, remains of colourful painting with yellow, red, indigo blue and white pigment, eyezone and nose unusually formed, ears with drilled holes for attachment of ornament, face framed by notched beard, chin plug, handwritten number on the backside “4900”, slightly dam., missing parts (beard, rim on the backside)
The object Mask of an ancestor spirit with the object ID 3041921 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 38 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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