Guardian mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3046507
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 380”)Size
H: 32,5 cm
H: 12.8 inch
Description
wood, pigment residues, rep.
Schwab reports, that this mask comes from an old, almost abandoned Kraal, where it had been left behind in one of the huts as a “guardian spirit”.
The object Guardian mask with the object ID 3046507 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 182 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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