Mask "kpelie" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3035798
Egger, Heidelberg, Germany
Nagel, Stuttgart, 10. Mai 1996, lot 1264
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
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.
The object Mask “kpelie” with the object ID 3035798 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 83 achieved a sales price of EUR 100.
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