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Lot 1820

A LOWER SEPIK WOOD MASK

Estimated Value:

600 € - 1.000 €

Schätzpreis:

600 €

Description:

Papua New Guinea
H. 60 cm
carved in wood, the mask with classical design motifs on the elongated forehead; the powerful brow overhanging the eyes and the inward curling nose. The lower portion of the face with a small simple mouth. Remnanst of pigments.
From an old private collection in southern Germany, according to tradition acquired from Ludwig Bretschneider in the 1960s - Minor damages due to age