Anthropomorphic face mask "kpelié" ("kpeli yehe") · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3052402
Starting price
EUR 3,500
Estimated price
EUR 7,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970s)Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 22 March 2014, lot 211
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments,
“Kpelie-yehe” masks are distinctly feminine in character. They are worn both at secret “Poro” initiation rites and at public funeral ceremonies.
Comparing literature
Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Ineke Eisenburger (ed.), Forms of Wonderment, Vol. I, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 124