Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Bété · ID: 3035461
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Provenance
René David, Zurich, Switzerland (1963)Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, lusterless greyish brown patina, roof-like projecting forehead, castagnet eyes, tubular projections, open mouth with metal teeth, remains of wooden splinters inserted in nose and chin, iron hook in the head, slightly dam. (eyes, nose, mouth)
The object Mask with the object ID 3035461 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 65.
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Comparing literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 35