Mask with hinged jaw ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3033010

Description

wood, painted in brown, black and red, kaolin, a bulging forehead corresponding with the projecting snout, completed by castagnet eyes and a broad fleshy nose, animal hair in some areas, drilled holes around the rim, sometimes in several rows, slightly dam., paint rubbed off

The object Mask with hinged jaw with the object ID 3033010 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 217.

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