Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3039817
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Klaus Scholze, Kronberg, Germany (1983)Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, unusual: beak-like mouth, wooden sticks forming the teeth, projection on the head, scarification marks on forehead and temples, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion
The object Mask with hinged jaw “elu” with the object ID 3039817 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 137 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.
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Publications
Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 12