Zemanek-Münster

Water spirit mask ·  Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3040896

sold EUR 1,600
Provenance
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1993)
Size
H: 72,5 cm
H: 28.5 inch

Description

wood, slighty encrusted patina, polychrome paint, anthropomorphic face with long snout reminding of a crocodile, rep. (right ear tip), cracks, abrasion of paint


The object Water spirit mask with the object ID 3040896 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 303 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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Comparing literature

Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Los Angeles 2002, p. 148 f.


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