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This is the rating and price for Anthropo-/Zoomorphic Mask - Guinea, Toma



Description : wood, black patina, encrusted in some areas, compressed facial features, thin curved horns superimposed to the forehead, grooved decor on both sides of the face, old collection label on the backside, slightly dam., minor missing parts (left ear, headdress), traces of insect caused damage, base. The Loma or Toma use three different types of masks: a male mask landa (dandai), the female type nyangbai and horned masks. They all belong to the poro men society. With present mask the human traits are strongly pronounced. Its inward-curling horns remind of the mask type okobuzogi, which is however much more massive and is always equipped with the toothed jaw of a crocodile. Continent: Africa
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Estimate (low-high) : 4000 EUR-8000 EUR It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 190
Title : Anthropo-/Zoomorphic Mask - Guinea, Toma
Size : H: 37,5 cm, H: 14,8 inch
Provenance : Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland American Private Collection, New York
Literature : Carey, Neil, Masks of the Koranko Poro, Amherst 2007, p. 28 Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 378
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 87th Tribal Art Auction
Sale date : 11 Nov 2017 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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