Mask with hat · Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma · ID: 3042310
Bruce Frank, New York, USA
Description
wood, black patina, partly encrusted, narrow elongated face with deeply hollowed - nearly skull-like - eyes and prominent tattoos at the temples, mouth inset with metal teeth (some missing), crowned by bulky top hat, dam., cracks, missing parts (lower lip, hat brim, mask rim), strongly marked by weathering (above all the top of the hat and inner side), traces of metal tags at the chin, base
The object Mask with hat with the object ID 3042310 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 317 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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