Two masks ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3037232

Description

wood, polychrome paint, expressive form, tubular projections on both sides of the nose, open mouth with metal teeth (mostly missing), h: 36,5 cm; in addition: a “gelede” mask of the Yoruba, Nigeria, of typical form, characteristic facial features, fez-like headgear with faded writing on it, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, h: 19,5 cm

The object Two masks with the object ID 3037232 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 233 achieved a sales price of EUR 200.

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