Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3046743
sold
EUR 2,400
Provenance
Hermann Kühn, Munich, GermanyGerman Private Collection (1982)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 136
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, insect caused damage
The masks “kpan” (= “the senior woman”) appear as the last pair of masks towards the end of the “goli” festival. They embody the wife(wives) of “goli glin” (= “the senior man”).
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “kpan” with the object ID 3046743 was part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction on October 24, 2020. The object with the lot number 148 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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