Lot: 33
White mask of a dead woman's ghost. High, black-dyed coiffure. Scarification marks on the forehead and temples. Two holes at the edges of the mask.
Wood, residue from Kaolin.
Two minimal cracks under the edge of the mask and tiny chips behind the coiffure.
Hammer Price: 3,000 €
115B -
03. June 2014 at
03. June 2014 at
Literature:
Depicted in: Ulrich Klever, Bruckmann's Handbuch der Afrikanischen Kunst, Munich 1975, pl. 189.
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