Mask · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3032307
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1982)Eduard Hess, Basel, Switzerland
Size
H: 19,5 cm
H: 7.7 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, black paint remains, a vaulted rectangular base carved with a mask face with accentuated cut facial features, raised tattoo at the temples, a three-parted high crested coiffure, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
a work of Sikire Kambire, Gaoua (1896 - 5. Okt. 1963).
The object Mask with the object ID 3032307 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 166 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 131, ill. 159