Masque funéraire · Cis-Oural, Perm, Rivière Kama, Evenki · ID: 3051899
Description
silver alloy (96 %), base
The oval mask is made of thinly hammered sheet silver, with cut-out eyes and mouth. The eyes and edge of the mask are surrounded with bulging repoussé dots. Pairs of drilled holes on the sides and another on the upper edge, probably for fastening.
These masks were placed on the body over a silk face cover. They are often made of silver, a revered sacred material, like the present example.
Comparable funeral masks from the Kama River region in the Urals have been published by Margolis, cf. Margolis, 2023, pp. 85 and 86. See also Ron Bronckers, 2021, p. 74, fig. 4 and p. 76, fig. 7.
L’objet Masque funéraire avec l’ID d’objet 3051899 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères Vente aux enchères 104 le 12 avril 2025, numéro de lot 190 et est actuellement disponible pour 12 000 € en Vente libre.
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Littérature comparée
Margolis, Richard, Ancient Bronze Art and Ethnographic Objects from Siberia and the Urals, Seattle 2023 Ron Bronckers, "Masks of the Evenki and Magyar - New Connections", p. 79, fig. 13, in Tribal XXV:3-Number 100, Summer 2021, p. 72-81 Ivanov, S., Ancient Masks of Siberian Peoples, Leningrad 1975