Mask symbolises promise of protection to young boy
One of the star lots at an auction of African and Oceanic works of art held by Zemanek-Münster (25% buyer’s premium) in Würzburg was a dance mask of the Telei people in the Buin district of Bougainville, one of the Solomon Islands.
The 13in (33cm) wooden shield, decorated with pigments and lime, was used at so-called unu festiva…