Zoomorphic helmet mask · Mali, Malinke · ID: 3040585
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Provenance
Renato Volpini, Milan, ItalySize
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
wood, blackish patina, provided with pointed horns, forehead- and nose crest, and a long snout with jagged teeth, linear incised scarification marks, diamond-shaped in some areas, small funnel-shaped ears, drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam. (ears), rest. (nose, left horn), metal base;
such masks presumably depict composite beings.
The object Zoomorphic helmet mask with the object ID 3040585 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 143.
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