Face mask "kpelié" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3034355
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Provenance
Theo Wulfen, The NetherlandsZemanek-Münster Würzburg, 22. September 2007, lot 269
Udo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of black paint, narrow-slit eyes framed by concentric grooves, incised radial arranged scarifications at the corners of the mouth, slightly dam., paint rubbed off, crack, missing part, socle;
belonging to the “poro” society. “Kpelié”-masks had to turn out the spirits of deceased out of their houses. The leg-like projections beside the chin presumably are remains of lobes at temples and cheeks.
The object Face mask “kpelié” with the object ID 3034355 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 223.
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