KRAHO FIBRE MASK - image-1

Lot 250 Rα

KRAHO FIBRE MASK

Auction 1103 - overview Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 3.968 € (incl. premium)

KRAHO FIBRE MASK
Brazil

This is a small version of the large masks used by the Kokrit society of the Kraho, Timbira and related groups. They represent water spirits and are danced during initiation rituals. For a discussion of such masks amongst the Timbira Indians see Francisco
65 cm. high

Provenance

Harald Schultz, anthropologist
Alicia and Gugliemo Rossi, acquired from the above in the 1960s.