Fly whisk · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3042649
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Description
wood, gold foil, cloth, animal hair (horse tail), bell-shaped handle with fine linear engravings and raised bird-shaped emblems, two mask faces at the bottom, crowned by stylized elephant, entirely covered with gold foil, attachment point of animal tail hidden under red cloth, gold leaf rubbed off in parts, base
The object Fly whisk with the object ID 3042649 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 145 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Expertise
Certificat d' Authenticite, Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, 18 March 1999