Fire spitter mask "wanjugo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3039483
sold
EUR 3,300
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSwiss Private Collection
Size
L: 86,5 cm
H: 38 cm
L: 34.1 inch
H: 15.0 inch
Description
heavy wood, matt patina, remains of polychrome paint, composed of different animals (crocodile jaw, wart hog fangs, mighty buffalo horns), crowned by a small vessel and two zoomorphic figures (hornbill, chamaeleon?), min. dam., missing parts, fine cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Fire spitter mask “wanjugo” with the object ID 3039483 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 255 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,300.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 57