Zemanek-Münster

Mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Yacouba · ID: 3042961

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Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, with raised forehead ridge and serrated coiffure, dominated by a big protruding nose, beak-like projection underneath (mostly missing), missing parts (beak, back), fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base


The object Mask with the object ID 3042961 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 252.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 77, ill. 84 Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 125, ill. 97


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