Theatre mask ·  Japan · ID: 3037667

Description

light wood, dark brown patina, remains of red and skin-coloured paint, wrinkles and contours accentuated by black paint, nails on upper lip and eyebrows referring to the original application of animal skin or hair in place of eyebrows and moustache, the multitude of wrinkles, as well as hanging corners of the mouth and projecting chin indicating the depiction of an old person, slightly dam., missing parts (right cheek, upper lip, chin), rep. (on the upper rim)

The object Theatre mask with the object ID 3037667 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 16 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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