Mask with three faces · D. R. Congo, West - Pende · ID: 3032794
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Size
H: 29 cm
B: 39 cm
H: 11.4 inch
B: 15.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, dyed with camwood powder, unusual form, made from one piece of wood: one mask face in the middle, flanked by two faces arranged diagonal, all three provided with nearly identical facial features: eyes with lowered lids below bar-like eyebrows, a rectangular mouth with jagged teeth, raised angle-shaped tattoos on cheeks and forehead, slightly dam., minor missing parts, on metal base
The object Mask with three faces with the object ID 3032794 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 422.
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