Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
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