Zoomorphic mask ·  Mali, Bamana · ID: 3035324

Description

wood, dyed in reddish brown, decorated with stripes, either painted indigo blue or paste with tinfoil, globular forehead with a long beak tapering to a point, carved with a huge board-shaped flattened nose, flanked by small eyes, arranged close to each other, slightly dam. (eyes), fissures, the drilled holes around the rim mostly broken and replaced by a second row, rep. (a small part reinserted on the right rim), metal socle

The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3035324 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 110 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.

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