Chimpanzee mask "kagle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3034786
not available anymore
Provenance
Drouot Montaigne Paris, 6.6.1999, lot 136Dennis 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