Miniature mask · Guinea, Toma · ID: 3042855
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkSize
H: 15 cm
H: 5.9 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, sacrificial traces, crowned by three horns, drilled see holes, mouthless, cloth bonnet on the backside, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base
The object Miniature mask with the object ID 3042855 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 191 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Tagliaferri, Aldo, Miniature masks from West Africa, Milan 1997, p. 48