Zemanek-Münster

Chimpanzee mask "kagle"

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
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


Comparing literature

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

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