Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3032135
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, GermanySize
H: 17,5 cm
H: 6.9 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black paint, typical “snub nose”, carved with a hat, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
The object Mask with hinged jaw “elu” with the object ID 3032135 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 382 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.
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Comparing literature
David, Jean, Ogoni, Zürich 2002, p. 54