Helmet mask "bo nun amuin" · Côte d'Ivoire, Bouakè, Baule · ID: 3046508

Name: Helmet mask "bo nun amuin"
SKU: 3046508
Price: 1000 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

presumably Paolo Morigi, Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 233”) (1978)

Size

H: 45 cm

H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, colour pigments, insect caused damage backside, rep.

This mask type is called “bo nun amuin” (“gods in (or of) the bush”), or “amuin yasua” (“men’s gods”) and is considered the most sacred mask of the Baule.

Women are forbidden to look at the mask (even during performances). Those that do look risk illness, misfortune or even death.

The object Helmet mask “bo nun amuin” with the object ID 3046508 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 183 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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