Mask "kpelié" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035311

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, kaolin in some areas, of striking narrow and elongated form with the typical ornamental side projections, crowned by a massive horn on the parting, which is flanked by rudimentary ears, slightly dam. (right alar wing, mouth, rim backside), missing parts (projection), rep. (projection left hand side broken), metal base

The object Mask “kpelié” with the object ID 3035311 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 161 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Götter - Geister - Ahnen, München 1992, ill. 044 Burkhard, Gottschalk, Senufo - Unbekannte Schätze aus privaten Sammlungen, Düsseldorf 2009, p. 126 ff.