"Bugle" mask · Liberia / Côte d'Ivoire, Dan or Kran · ID: 3050302
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Provenance
Stéphane Mangin, Galerie Kanaga, ParisMarambat de Malafosse, Toulouse, “Arts Premiers”, 21 June 2021, Lot 120
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, vegetable fibre, with articulated lower jaw, base
“Bugle” are warrior mask figures, who used to prepare men for war, who “blessed the righteous cause” or even led warriors into battle.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, S. 95
Publications
AHDRC: 0187060