Shrunken head "tsantsa" · South America, Ecuador · ID: 3034095
sold
EUR 8,000
Provenance
German Private Collection (collected in situ 1972)Size
H: 13,5 cm
H: 5.3 inch
Description
black and white curled hair, leather-like matt brown skin, eyebrows and - lashes visible, the lips sewn with plaited cord material, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
The object Shrunken head “tsantsa” with the object ID 3034095 was part of the auction 71st tribal art auction on November 24, 2012. The object with the lot number 93 achieved a sales price of EUR 8,000 with an asking price of EUR 6,000.
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