Zoomorphic mask with horns · Guinea, Toma · ID: 3033840
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Label “Pace Primitive 54 - 3202”)Size
L: 30 cm
L: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, greyish black patina, rattan ring at the base attached by grass fibre, magical package on the forehead, covered with encrusted patina (above all inside the snout) consisting of sacrificial blood, cense and chewn cola nuts, label on the back “Pace Primitive 54 - 3202”, slightly dam., cracks, base
The object Zoomorphic mask with horns with the object ID 3033840 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 123 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,600 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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