Mask based on a tortoise shell, the eyes, mouth and nostrils have been cut out and the tortoise shell carved to form the face to work out, the animal hair is sewn onto strips of leather. The object comes from German East Africa, the largest colony of the German Empire (it included today's countries of Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda), around 1900, size 30 cm. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: folk arts   |   Material: Schildpatt Präparate   |   Country of origin: Tanzania | Similar pieces