Zemanek-Münster

Small "mangam" mask (bushcow) ·  Nigeria, Kantana/Mama · ID: 3044019

sold EUR 1,300
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1970)
Jean Willy Mestach, Brussels, Belgium (1971)
Egon Guenther, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sotheby’s, New York, 18 November 2000, lot 88
Size
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch

Description

wood, inscribed “EG”, rep., base

These masks were worn during events directed at securing agricultural success, promoting healing and marking rites of passage.


The object Small “mangam” mask (bushcow) with the object ID 3044019 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 294 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

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Comparing literature

Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 408 ff.


Publications

AHDRC: 0096476


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