Face mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3034083

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, a horizontal band of red encrusted pigment accentuating the castagnet-shaped eyes, decorative metal tags on forehead and cheeks, a beard of plant fibre and tapering wooden plugs around the chin, a row of small packages of fabric, spread with mass, around the forehead, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on base

The object Face mask with the object ID 3034083 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 170 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 68, ill. 39 Guenneguez, André et Afo, Art de la Cote-d'Ivoire et de ses voisins, Paris o.J., p. 41