Fire spitter mask "wanjugo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035209
German Private Collection
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, darkened remains of kaolin, to evoke terror the Senufo mixed parts of the anatomy of various species (crocodile jaw, wart hog fangs, mighty buffalo horns), pierced around the rim, missing parts (calotte originally rep. with metal clamps, horn tips), traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, fine cracks
The object Fire spitter mask “wanjugo” with the object ID 3035209 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 163 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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