Pair of masks ·  Greenland, Inuit, Jacob Amattanneq · ID: 3051721

Description

driftwood, soot, animal tooth (whale/walrus),

a) female mask with crest, rest., h: 35 cm
b) male mask with separately modelled tongue, h: 29.5 cm

The object Pair of masks with the object ID 3051721 was last part of the auction Auction 104 at April 12, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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Publications

Philippovich, Eugen von, Eskimo-Kunst aus Grönland, Stuttgart 1999, p. 114 bottom (both)

Notices

This object is subject to CITES. Please note that it can only be sent within the European Union. At the present time export in third countries is prohibited, respectively, export licenses in third countries for objects containing or made of protected materials are only granted under stringent conditions.