Mask with hinged jaw · Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Ngere · ID: 3042761

Name: Mask with hinged jaw
SKU: 3042761
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA

Size

H: 28 cm

H: 11.0 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, broad and bulky nose flanked by conical humps, castagnet eyes, partly stud with wooden pegs and aglets (mostly missing), min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion, base.
Presumably belonging to the “gle va” type of masks. In the past “gle va” had an enormous reputation, and rarely made an appearance. It only settled large matters, such as stopping wars between villages.

The object Mask with hinged jaw with the object ID 3042761 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 263.

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