Imposing helmet mask with fine equestrian figure · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Blesseque village · ID: 3046739
Galerie Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany
German Private Collection (1983)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 139
Description
wood, remains of polychrome paint, breakage/ various native repairs (metal sheet, nails)
A comparable helmet mask with equestrian figure and rhombic decor from the Helena Rubinstein Collection illustrated in Gagliardi (2015), ill. 59.
The object Imposing helmet mask with fine equestrian figure with the object ID 3046739 was last part of the auction 95th Tribal Art Auction at October 24, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 164 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Gagliardi, Susan, Senufo, New York 2015, ill. 58 & 59
Publications
"Afrika", Galerie Springhornhof - Falazik, Wallau 1970, ill. 15; "Senufo, Kultobjekte aus dem Zentralgebiet in der nördlichen Elfenbeinküste", Galerie Fred & Jens Jahn, Munich 1983, ill. 3
Exhibition
Neuenkirchen/ Soltau, Galerie Springhornhof - Falazik, "Afrika", 14 February - 9 April 1970; Munich, Galerie Fred & Jens Jahn: "Senufo, Kultobjekte aus dem Zentralgebiet in der nördlichen Elfenbeinküste", 13 July - 6 August 1983