Rare masque en "tapa" · Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée - Archipel Bismarck - Nouvelle Bretagne, péninsule de Gazelle · ID: 3053587
Prix d'appel
2 000 €
Prix d'Estimation
3 000 €
Provenance
Damian Brandt, New York, USAGalerie Jahn, Munich, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 183
Taille
M: 53 cm x 77 cm (without backing)
M: 20.9 inch x 30.3 inch (without backing)
Description
barkcloth, pigments, mounted on a textile backing
According to Stephan, masks of this type were attached to small memorial structures for the dead.
Littérature comparée
Stephan, Emil, Südseekunst, Berlin 1907, ill. 86