Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Wobe
Price
EUR 800
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Dr. Engels, Liberia / Ivory Coast (coll. on site until 1954)
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 September 1999, Lot 133
Engels worked as a Medical Practitioner in Liberia and Ivory Coast, where he acquired the most pieces of his collection in situ. His son extended the collection until 1967, when finally in 1998 the whole collection was sold.
Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 24,5 cm
Description
wood, beautiful patina, insect caused damage