Lot: 3


Helmet mask with semi-spherical head, two antelope horns of different sizes, remnats of a third horn on the forehead. Large opened mouth with carved rows of teeth (like a crocodile mouth).
Some small rusty nails on the head.
Wood, horn, iron nails.
Encrusted patina.

Missing section on the left side of the mouth and on both ears, worm holes.

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Hammer Price: 500 €

115B -
03. June 2014 at

Literature:

Cf. exhib. cat. Hamburgisches Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg 1985, p. 78.; Klaus Volprecht, coll. Clausmeyer - Afrika, Cologne 1972, no. 26, pl. 17.