Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3039666
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Provenance
Michael Oliver, New York, USAZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 Februar 2003, lot 310
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, brown and black patina, big mouth with full heart-shaped lips and three projecting teeth, the lower jaw fixed by plant fibre, remains of wooden splinters forming the teeth, slightly dam., minor missing parts, base
The object Mask with hinged jaw “elu” with the object ID 3039666 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 344.
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