Zemanek-Münster

Zoomorphic mask

Mali, Bamana
sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
Dutch Private Collection
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch

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


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