Zoomorphic mask "mangam" · Nigeria, Mama/Kantana · ID: 3039465
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Provenance
Walter Grieder, Basel, SwitzerlandSize
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, horns closed to oval form, crest with drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam., minor missing parts (snout, rim), rep. (breakage on top)
The object Zoomorphic mask “mangam” with the object ID 3039465 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 394.
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Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 406 ff.