Mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande · ID: 3034845

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, remains of pigments, a small leather package on top of the head, forehead nail, wooden splinters as teeth, collection number “1239” at the back, pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, metal socle;
the Diomande are a small ethnical group of the Dan cluster, belonging to the Konyanke, with their settling area in northwestern Côte d’ Ivoire and adjacent areas of Guinea. Masks of the Diomande have been erroneously attributed to the Dan. They are characterized by their elongated faces and linear skin scarification marks framing the whole face.

The object Mask with the object ID 3034845 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 189.

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