Horned mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Kono · ID: 3040594
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, horns growing downwards, flanking the forehead in a narrow curve, rich sacrificial traces (mass, feathers) at the middle of the forehead and on the head, drilled holes at the chin, partly with remains of plant fibre tufts, metal tags, slightly dam., missing parts backside at the rim (drilled holes partly broken out), rep. (breakage at the left horn), base
The object Horned mask with the object ID 3040594 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 182.
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