Sande society helmet mask "ndoli jowel" · Sierra Leone, Mende · ID: 3038488
sold
EUR 3,800
Provenance
Ketterer, Munich, 8. November 1980, lot 1Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
Size
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch
Description
wood, shiny blackish brown patina, characteristic form: cylindrical, with a compressed diamond-shaped face and voluminous neck rolls, crowned by a high towering fanciful coiffure , min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Sande society helmet mask “ndoli jowel” with the object ID 3038488 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 177 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Publications
Gottschalk, Burkhard, Bundu Masken und Statuen aus privaten Sammlungen, Düsseldorf 2011, p. 122