Anthropomorphic mask "deangle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3033274
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1974)
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, large-scale face with horizontal deepened eye zone and vertical forehead ridge, remains of fur at the chin, dam. (nose), minor missing parts (mouth), paint rubbed off
The object Anthropomorphic mask “deangle” with the object ID 3033274 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 115 achieved a sales price of EUR 450 with an asking price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 41 f.