Zemanek-Münster

Handle of a fly whisk

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 160
Provenance
German Private Collection, Berlin (1962)
Size
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, base in shape of a bellied vase, coated with fine incised decor, two mask faces among others, crowned by a bird sculpture on tortoiseshell, min. dam., crack, small missing part, slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 199

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