Zemanek-Münster

Mask with hinged jaw ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Wobé · ID: 3036128

sold EUR 1,800
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, metal tags, eye and forehead zone stud with metal sheet, tube of fabric sewn with nassa snails around the forehead, coiffure, beard and moustache made from real hair, metal teeth, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight trraces of abrasion, base


The object Mask with hinged jaw with the object ID 3036128 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 222 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.

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Expertise

Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 22.04.2004, Munich, Germany


Comparing literature

Meneghini, Mario, Collecting African Art in Liberia and Neighboring Countries 1963 - 1989, o.O. 2006, p. 93, ill. 72


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