Mask "deangle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3033880
not available anymore
Provenance
Henri Nappée, France (aviation engineer, from 1941 until 1975 employed in the Democratic Republic of Congo); present mask collected in situ (1949)Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina with remains of black paint, beautiful modelled face with accentuated cheekbones and tapering chin, narrow slit eyes with remains of blackish mass underneath, drilled holes around the rim, slightly dam., traces of old age, on metal base
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 41 f.