Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3038227

Name: Mask
SKU: 3038227
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 28 cm

H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, protruding forehead, accentuated by a tube of fabric, filled with grass fibre and set with nassa snails, horizontally deepened, narrow slit eye zone, encrusted with coloured mass, beard made from hair and plaited plant fibres, open mouth with metal teeth, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion;
the Ngere are also called “southern Wè”. They settle to the southeast of the Dan and to the west of the Bete. The characteristic Ngere masks indulge in extreme presentations of human and zoomorphic elements.

The object Mask with the object ID 3038227 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 206.

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