Zemanek-Münster

Double faced mask "kpelié"

Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 3,300
Provenance
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch

Description

middle brown wood, dark brown patina, nearly identical formed faces with protruding mouth part and rich scarification marks, typical ornamental appendages and plug-like projections at the chin , crowned by a pair of horns with quadruped in the middle, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 39 f.

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