Rare Mask ·  Liberia, Mano · ID: 3037918

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, concave facial plane with parallel forehead scarification, small distant ears with holes, forehead and chin nail, drilled holes in three rows in the upper part, further drillings in the upper lips (probably originally inset with teeth), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base

The object Rare Mask with the object ID 3037918 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 103 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.

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Comparing literature

Wolfram, Siegfried A., Liberia, Feldkirchen 2012, ill. 108