Lot No. 52


A rare and important Malangan mask


A rare and important Malangan mask - Tribal Art

Wood (Alstonia), Turbo petolatus opercula, pigment, small indigenous repair, 29 cm high. An unusual mask with star motives with "eyes". It may represent a "ges" spirit, person's spirit double that lives in the bush and is usually invisible. (VJ)

Provenance:
Collected by Austrian Fregat Captain Rudolph Brosch in 1894, for the 1893-1895 Austrian Imperial Expedition.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com

15.12.2020 - 18:19

Realized price: **
EUR 20,300.-
Estimate:
EUR 20,000.- to EUR 24,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 10,000.-

A rare and important Malangan mask


Wood (Alstonia), Turbo petolatus opercula, pigment, small indigenous repair, 29 cm high. An unusual mask with star motives with "eyes". It may represent a "ges" spirit, person's spirit double that lives in the bush and is usually invisible. (VJ)

Provenance:
Collected by Austrian Fregat Captain Rudolph Brosch in 1894, for the 1893-1895 Austrian Imperial Expedition.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 15.12.2020 - 18:19
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 11.12. - 15.12.2020


** Purchase price excl. buyer's premium and VAT

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