Zoomorphic mask · Nigeria, Kantana (Mama) · ID: 3033898
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Provenance
James Willis, San Francisco, USASize
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Description
wood, spotty, blackish brown patina, of simple form with funnel-shaped projecting snout and long pointed horns, pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), fissures, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base
The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3033898 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 248.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 247, ill. 348