Theater mask · Indonesia - Java · ID: 3033027
sold
EUR 350
Size
H: 19,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
Description
wooden core, covered with gypsum, green grounding, painted in black and red, ornament (“nama”) on the forehead, ornamental arranged hair, bowl-shaped eyes, cord for fixing the mask with the mouth, dam., paint rubbed off;
the javanese theater as a whole goes back to the buffalo-skin figures of “wayang purwa”, especially on the round figures of “wayang golek”.
The object Theater mask with the object ID 3033027 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 7 achieved a sales price of EUR 350.
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