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Chimpanzee mask "kagle" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3034786

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Provenance
Drouot Montaigne Paris, 6.6.1999, lot 136
Dennis Hotz, London, England
Christie’s Paris, 14.6. 2011, lot 186
Size
H: 21,5 cm
H: 8.5 inch

Description

wood, encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, protruding mouth with accentuated lips, forehead nail, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks (back), traces of abrasion, metal socle


The object Chimpanzee mask “kagle” with the object ID 3034786 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 181.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zürich 1984, p. 65, ill. 71


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