Mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere · ID: 3042261

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, open mouth lined with red fabric and provided with metal teeth, moustache from fur, small metal bells and tags, min. dam., small missing parts, 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 3042261 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 257.

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Comparing literature

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

Publications

Albert-König-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Unterlüß 2001, p. 25, ill. 31; Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 28

AHDRC: 0142254