Anthropo/zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Ngere
sold
EUR 3,300
Provenance
Pierre Loeb, Paris, FranceLoudmer-Poulain, Paris, 3 December 1977, lot 13
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, clay-like mass, red pigment, tube of fabric embroidered with cowrie shells diadem-like framing the head, nose and massive cheek projections modelled with clay-like mass and stud with four animal horns and tufts of animal hair, inscribed on the backside: “I.2.10A101”, mass partly broken/cracked, some cowrie shells missing, abrasion/traces of usage backside, base