Horned mask "siginkura-ayna" · Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi · ID: 3053311
Starting price
EUR 1,800
Estimated price
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Hans Jacques Keller, Rheinfelden, SwitzerlandSize
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, pigments, handwritten collection label “1369”
The Ligbi integrated artistic elements of their neighbours, the Kulango, Jimini and Senufo, into their works. The lateral extensions are reminiscent of the “kpélié” masks of the latter group.
Comparing literature
Robbins, Warren M. & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, p. 108, ill. 146