Maske ·  Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3037096

Description

wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, tubular protruding eyes, open mouth with long teeth, crowned by a headgear and small horns, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion, base;
probably belonging to the type of water spirit masks.

The object Maske with the object ID 3037096 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 305.

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