War mask · Iran / Persia · ID: 3044187

Name: War mask
SKU: 3044187
Price: 3200 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 3,200

Provenance

Pierre Richard Royer, Paris, France

Size

H: 25 cm

H: 9.8 inch

Description

metal,
This mask is intended to prevent harm to its owner in several different ways. The first is the most obvious, in that it would provide physical protection, coming between the wearer and the weapons of the enemy.
Secondly, masks such as this could offer a psychological advantage over the enemy. This metallic face with revealed teeth would frighten any foe that faced the wearer.
Finally, it may also have afforded some spiritual assistance to the warrior who possessed it.

The object War mask with the object ID 3044187 was part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction on July 7, 2018. The object with the lot number 16 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,200 with an asking price of EUR 3,000.

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