Mask with horns · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3032070
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Alfred Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)Size
H: 80 cm
H: 31.5 inch
Description
wood, black grounding, accents in red and white, striking long and curved horns, accentuated by changina colours, bamboo cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth (traces of teeth), pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), insect caused damage, abrasion
The object Mask with horns with the object ID 3032070 was part of the auction 68th tribal art auction on March 3, 2012. The object with the lot number 329 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 650.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 90, ill. 11