Chimpanzee mask "kagle" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3039530

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, metal hook and aglets, of characteristic form, dam., various minor missing parts, insect caused damage, metal base;
present mask type mostly wears a wig from shred fabric and a costume consisting of baggy raffia fibre skirt and cape. Its most important requisite is a bundle of hooked branches and its most important function is “to heat-up” the audience with “ribald” jokes for entertainment.

The object Chimpanzee mask “kagle” with the object ID 3039530 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 234.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 105