Face mask · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3042426
Description
wood, dark red pigment, black paint, accurately incised grooved coiffure, separated from the facial plane by a raised band, semicircular eyes with raised rim and drilled pupils, band scarifications at the temples, nose with “hanging” tip, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
a work of Sikire Kambire from Gaoua (1896 - 5. Okt. 1963) or his workshop. (Compare characteristica mentioned above with Piet Meyer, 1981, ill. 159).
The object Face mask with the object ID 3042426 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 215.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 127 ff.