Mask with hinged jaw "kagle" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Kran · ID: 3032938

Description

wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, drilled holes underneath the nose and in the upper lip, pierced around the rim, min. dam., minor missing parts, traces of insect caused damage important requisites of the mask figure were bundles of hooked branches, used to annoy the audience. According to the hooked branch “ka” the mask is called “kagle”. The mask figures used to wear a wig of shreds or cotton threads and a puffed raffia fiber skirt. Its function is to enrage the audience, which is why the dancer annoys the people with wooden sticks.

The object Mask with hinged jaw “kagle” with the object ID 3032938 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 218 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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