Zemanek-Münster

Mask with movable jaw ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3018443

sold EUR 150
Provenance
Christian Roll, Hongkong , China
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch

Description

dark brown wood, encrusted patina, beak-like mouth with bulging upper side and movable lower jaw, fixed by rattan, insect caused damage, rep. (jaw right hand side)


The object Mask with movable jaw with the object ID 3018443 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 113 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, ill. 73


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