Zoomorphic mask · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3032423
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Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, BelgiumSize
L: 53 cm
L: 20.9 inch
Description
heavy wood, brown patina, pigment remains, elongated head with a beak-like snout covered with mass, originally inset with red abrus seeds, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, missing parts, traces of abrasion
The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3032423 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 376.
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Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, Nigerian Primitivism, Brüsel o.J., ill. 22