Ritual mask

Reference : 9241

Ritual mask
Cedar wood, red and white pigments
Dimensions: Height 24.5cm, width 16cm
Presumed date of origin: late ^19th / early ^20th century
Yupik population
Yukon Delta-Kuskokwim
South West Coast,
Alaska, USA

Provenance:
Primitive Art, April 22, 1965, Lot no. 49
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New-York
(Reproduced p.35 catalog)
Ursula Bell Collection, Wachtberg, Germany

More details

This handsome mask features a face with arched eyebrows and high cheekbones, and an open mouth with a broad smile revealing a regular line-up of upper teeth. Three holes were used to attach feathers, which have now disappeared.

Price: €11,500

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