Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Bété · ID: 3039524
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Engels (until 1954 Engels worked as a Medical Practitioner in Liberia, Ivory Coast, where he acquired the most pieces of his collection in situ. His son extended the collection until 1967, when finally in 1998 the whole collection was sold.)Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, raised forehead ridge with narrow slit eyes, eyebrows with remains of real hair, orginally provided with a hinged jaw (now missing), min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion