Mask "tankagle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3035237
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Size
H: 24,5 cm
H: 9.6 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, traces of kaolin, four teeth inserted, metal earring, the face framed by a coiffure of plaited plant fibre strings, pierced around the rim, old collection number handwritten on the backside: “G 62-2-94”, min. dam. (nose tip), paint rubbed off (eye brows, facial contours), rep. (two breakages backside at the upper rim), minor scratches
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 67