Mask with hinged jaw ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Dan - Kran Complex · ID: 3042869

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, cord, characteristic expressive forms with bulky nose, broad snout and round bulging forehead, slightly dam., minor missing parts, crack (backside on the upper rim), abrasion of paint, drilled hole on top of the head, metal base.
Possibly belonging to the “gle va” category, which only settled large matters, such as stopping wars between villages.

The object Mask with hinged jaw with the object ID 3042869 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 272.

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Comparing literature

Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 112