Zemanek-Münster

Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"

Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold EUR 1,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
Size
L: 82,5 cm
L: 32.5 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, painted with polychrome dots, composed of different animals, crowned by a small vessel, a human half figure and a kalao bird, rep. (breakage at the tusk), missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 57

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