Monkey mask "ngon" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3038785
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Provenance
Michael Grebanier, San Francisco, USAJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Size
H: 45 cm
H: 17.7 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, of elongated form, rectangular pierced eyes and raised cheek scarifications, min. dam., small missing parts (back), cracks, traces of abrasion, base
The object Monkey mask “ngon” with the object ID 3038785 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 224.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 52 f.