Lot 16
Temes Nevimbur Ceremonial Mask
Sold June 27, 2025
- Price realized
- $95
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $200-300
Origin: Malekula Island
Dimensions: 8.5×4.5×7 in.
Condition: It has wear of the natural materials and cracking of its paint.
Additional Information: This Vanuatu Malekula Temes Nevimbur Mask. The mask shaped with natural materials such as clay, natural fibers, vegetal paste, and leaves. It has a paste or clay like material on the front of the rounded face that is painted black, red, and white with what appears to be polished pebble rock eyes, and a bore tusk on each side of the face. The back of the mask is made with a soft natural material and reeds.
Boar tusks are sometimes used as currency in Vanatu and often represented wealth and status. Temes Nevimber are types of rods or puppets that are used in secret society ceremonies and represent are used to tell mythological stories.
Lot details
- Lot
- 16
- Closed
- June 27, 2025
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