Female mask "kpan" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3043786
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany (before WW II)Georg Neuner, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1 March 2008, lot 229
Belgian Private Collection
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, with cross-bar (for fixing the mask with the teeth), base
This mask type “kpan” belongs to the family of the “goli” masks. “Goli” is a day-long spectacle that normally involves the whole village
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 169 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0060941