Double faced mask "kpelié" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3040700
sold
EUR 3,300
Provenance
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, BelgiumHermann 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
The object Double faced mask “kpelié” with the object ID 3040700 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 196 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,300 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 39 f.