Zemanek-Münster
Janus helmet mask "wanyugo", Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 32 cm L: 67,5 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 26.6 inch), ID: 3046115
Janus helmet mask "wanyugo", Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 32 cm L: 67,5 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 26.6 inch), ID: 3046115 - 2/4 Janus helmet mask "wanyugo", Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 32 cm L: 67,5 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 26.6 inch), ID: 3046115 - 3/4 Janus helmet mask "wanyugo", Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Size: H: 32 cm L: 67,5 cm (H: 12.6 inch L: 26.6 inch), ID: 3046115 - 4/4
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Lot 146
93rd Tribal Art Auction

Janus helmet mask "wanyugo" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3046115

sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Zemanek-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.

Publications

AHDRC: 0153517

Africa
Masks

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