Small mask · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037635
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Provenance
Carla Ziegler, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 20,5 cm
H: 8.1 inch
Description
wood, dyed in black, painted with indigo blue, red and white pigment, pierced eyes with spherical eyeballs underneath vaulted lids, teeth revealing mouth, concentrical tattos on the cheeks, emblem on the forehead, slightly dam., minor missing parts at the rim
The object Small mask with the object ID 3037635 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 349.
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