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