Mask "kpelié" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3038375
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Provenance
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, FranceAustrian Private Collection, Vienna
Size
H: 28,7 cm
H: 11.3 inch
Description
wood, rich blackish brown patina, heart-shaped facial plane with small eyes and overlong nose, characteristic features: ornamental side projections and horns, beautiful aged patina, slightly dam., original row of drillings around the rim broken out (replaced by a second row), crack backside, metal base
The object Mask “kpelié” with the object ID 3038375 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 208.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 36, ill. 17