Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3038949
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Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood matt patina, polychrome paint, characterized by a “hook nose” instead of the conventional “snub nose”, wearing a sun-helmet, min. dam., traces of abrasion, fine cracks, base;
probably depicting a colonial master.
The object Mask with hinged jaw “elu” with the object ID 3038949 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 352.
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