Janus helmet mask "wanyugo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3046115
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 07 July 2018, Lot 99
German Private Collection
Size
H: 32 cm
L: 67,5 cm
H: 12.6 inch
L: 26.6 inch
Description
wood,
Zoomorphic “wanyugo” masks belong to the “wabele” society. They are send out during times of funerary ritual or times of crisis in order to search out and destroy any malevolent spirits and evil spells.
The object Janus helmet mask “wanyugo” with the object ID 3046115 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0153517