Beak mask "ge gon" ("gägon") · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3043906
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Han Coray, Zurich, SwitzerlandGerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, animal skin/hair, metal, collection number “HC 180”
The object Beak mask “ge gon” (“gägon”) with the object ID 3043906 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 100 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 121
Publications
AHDRC: 0153616