Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Bété · ID: 3040997
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Provenance
Southern California Estate, USASize
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, red and white pigment, regular facial features, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Bete people live in the southwestern part of the Ivory Coast. The most well-known masks are those with several stylized horns. Masks which are stilistically a mixture with the Dan and further neighbouring tribes like the offered one are quite rare.
The object Mask with the object ID 3040997 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 196.
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