Mask "kpelie" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3032180
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 44,5 cm
H: 17.5 inch
Description
wood, black patina, red pigment remains, of typical form, projection in shape of a kappok fruit on top, old collection label “3683A”, rep. (lobes), min. dam.
The object Mask “kpelie” with the object ID 3032180 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 91 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Burkhard, Gottschalk, Senufo, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 151