Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3042963
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, pierced round eyes, framed with metal sheet, remains of a beard made from real hair, originally attached by small wooden plugs and metal tags (partly missing), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask with the object ID 3042963 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 254.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 62, ill. 27