Mask "kpelié" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035311
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Bernard Bourbon, Île-de-France, FranceSize
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
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
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.