Fire spitter mask "wanyugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
sold
EUR 3,300
Size
H:31 cm
L: 86 cm
H:12.2 inch
L: 33.9 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, remains of pigments, composed of different animals (crocodile jaw, wart hog fangs, mighty buffalo horns), crowned by a small vessel and two zoomorphic figures (hornbill, chamaeleon?), rep. (breakage right horn), cracks, small missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion