Anthropomorphic mask · Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan · ID: 3041239
sold
EUR 2,600
Provenance
collected in situ by a French doctor (1920’s)Alan Schmidt, Aarhus/Charlottenlund, Denmark (1923-1989) - danish painter, acquired the piece in Paris in 1954
Alex Wittendorff, Copenhagen, Denmark (1988)
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, softly luminous reddish brown patina, inserted wooden plugs and mass encrustations in the eye zone, hewers from inserted animal teeth, strips from animal skin above the mouth and at the chin, various magical appendages (rings, metal bells, tufts from human hair), slightly dam., two cracks backside at the rim, base;
presumably an actor mask “bagle”, which served for entertainment.