Five miniature masks "ma go" · Côte d'Ivoire · ID: 3035304
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
German Private Collection, Hamburg, collected in situ (1959 - 1965)Size
H: 8 cm - 13 cm
H: 3.1 inch - 5.1 inch
Description
wood, two zoomorphic masks “bonu amwin” of the Baule, one rep. (breakage at the horn), three anthropomorphic masks, et. al. in form of a double head, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
miniature masks represent the big mask figures and were taken along to keep in touch with the helping spirit even when leaving the home village.
The object Five miniature masks “ma go” with the object ID 3035304 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 145 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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