Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" of the "goli" group · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3046361
Dr. Oettli, Switzerland
Koller, Geneva, 26 June 2013, Lot 119
Private Collection, Berlin, Germany (2014)
Markus Gunti, Berlin, Germany (2016)
Christian Kennert, Potsdam, Germany
Description
wood, polychrome painted, missing parts/ insect caused damage, rep., base
Four pairs of male / female, red / black painted masks appear in a strictly pre- defined order: disc-shaped “kple kple” masks (the junior male: representing youth and weakness), helmet masks in the shape of animals “goli glin” (the “father” or ancestors: representing strength), masks with rams’ horns “kpan pre” (the junior female) and finally two masks with portrait-like faces and elaborate hairstyles “kpan”, the senior female. She is considered the woman of the “goli glin” and embodies the ideal woman.
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “kpan” of the “goli” group with the object ID 3046361 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 228.
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