Mask "kpandoho" · Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo · ID: 3038787
sold
EUR 4,000
Provenance
Old English CollectionPatrick Morgan, New York, USA
Zack Haddad, Los Angeles, USA
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Size
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, red pigment, scarification marks at forehead and temples, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
masks of the Grebo represent spirits of the invisible world living in the forest. The masks were carved by initiates of the highest rank and were exclusively used for rites and celebrations in context of initiation. There are hardly known any figural works of the Grebo and even their masks are rather rare to be found !
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, African Aesthetics, New York 1986, p. 43, ill. 37