Mask "kagle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Kran · ID: 3032229
Auktionshaus Vogler, Basel, 17.5.2001, lot 46
Eduard Hess, Oberwil, Switzerland
Description
wood, spotty, partly encrusted patina, remains of fur, projecting cheeks, tubular eyes, protruding mouth, pierced around the rim, rep. (forehead), traces of abrasion, missing parts;
important requisites of the mask figure were bundles of hooked branches, used to annoy the audience. According to the hooked branch “ka” the mask is called “kagle”. The mask figures used to wear a wig of shreds or cotton threads and a puffed raffia fiber skirt. Its function is to enrage the audience, which is why the dancer annoys the people with wooden sticks.
The object Mask “kagle” with the object ID 3032229 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 116 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 119