Mask "kpelié"

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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

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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.

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