Mask "kpelie" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035798
sold
EUR 100
Provenance
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, GermanyEgger, Heidelberg, Germany
Nagel, Stuttgart, 10. Mai 1996, lot 1264
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, projection in shape of a kappok fruit on top, reduced side projections, pierced around the rim (partly broken), min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, base;
in literature this mask type is called “kpelie”, which comes from the Senufo word for “jumping”. A generic term in later research is “kodal”. The masks should drive away the spirit of the deceased from his homestead.