Mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3035710

Description

wood, polychrome paint, metal tags (partly missing), metal teeth, three-dimensional forms, pierced around the rim, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage backside, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the mask is supplemented by a huge feather headdress and a fiber beard; the dancers hands are hidden by a simple cotton garment and his knees are covered by a fibre skirt; iron bells are attached around the ankles.

The object Mask with the object ID 3035710 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 285.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 297