23rd Aug, 2022 9:30

Ethnographic Art

 
  Lot 48
 

Two Makonde female body masks, Tanzania, the larger mask with facial and body scarifications and painted in red pigment, with remnants of a cloth backing, the sides with piercings, 60.6cm, the smaller mask painted in black pigment, with lip plate, facial and body scarifications and inserted woven fibres, the sides pierced

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

Sold for £190


 

Two Makonde female body masks, Tanzania, the larger mask with facial and body scarifications and painted in red pigment, with remnants of a cloth backing, the sides with piercings, 60.6cm, the smaller mask painted in black pigment, with lip plate, facial and body scarifications and inserted woven fibres, the sides pierced

Provenance

The Andrzej von Staranburg Niedenthal collection, London, UK.

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