Specifications

• Height: 25,5 cm.
• Material: wood, teeth
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• Gender:
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 5.962,-

Provenance

Nagel, Stuttgart 7-12-2023, lot 667.

Publications

Exhibitions

Additional information

Not much is known of the application of these masks, except that they were used in funerals. Heavy crusty patina indicates a storage in the rafters of a house. The yes are inset with glass, one opaque, the opened mouth showing animal teeth.

Photo credits

Nagel, Stuttgart