Mask "kpélié" with kalao bird · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3040871
Gerhard de Vos, Dormagen, Germany
Hans Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany (1992)
Description
wood, rich brown patina, traces of black paint, classic form, framing of eyes and scarification marks in concentrical grooves, slightly dam. (left ear of the kalao bird), abrasion of paint, base;
the “kpélié” mask usually has a symbolic arrangement on the top: a comb means the farmer, the needles of the Kapok tree suggest the sculptors and a bird represents a smith.
The object Mask “kpélié” with kalao bird with the object ID 3040871 was part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction on November 5, 2016. The object with the lot number 226 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Publications
Africa Museum (ed.), The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinmans Collection, Berg en Dal 1986, p. 81, ill. 149