Bird mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Marc Ginzberg, New York, USAChristie’s New York, 22 November 1996, lot 140
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, reddish brown patina, reduced in form, front and side view exceedingly shapely: protruding forehead, bulging beak tapering to a point, drilled holes around the rim, abrasion of paint (in several layers), slightly dam., traces of usage (backside at the rim), metal base