Mask "kpan pre" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035437
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Provenance
Maria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland (1972)Swiss Private Collection
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, slightly shiny reddish brown patina, black paint, of simple and clear form: the actual mask face superimposed to a bulging base, characterized by small eyes arranged close to each other, flanking a long nose bridge, a restrained zigzag-beard ending in a small lobe at the chin, skin scarification marks, slightly dam., missing parts (mouth, nose tip, right horn tip, left temple), cracks (base)
The object Mask “kpan pre” with the object ID 3035437 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 71.
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