Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Guéré · ID: 3042299
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Description
wood, black patina, wood and metal pins, big mouth with metal teeth, lower face half framed by abundant beard from plaited plant fibre strings and cloth tube, forehead ridge and -contours, as well as eyelids and nose accentuated by silver metal strips, which are partly lined with red abrus seeds (partly missing), backside: old collection label “126”, inscribed in white paint “Kr 2” at the same place, slightly dam., traces of old age;
the ferocious aspect of Ngere masks accounts for their identification as “war” masks but, according to some newer researchers, they are worn primarily during funerals and, in a “detective” capacity, to single out guilty persons.
The object Mask with the object ID 3042299 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 258.
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