Mask with horns "kpan pre" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3036612

Description

wood, polychrome paint, regular facial features with scarifications, framed by a disc-shaped beard with flat zigzag pattern, crowned by a massive pair of horns, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base;
the masks of “kplekple” and “kpan pre” pairs are distinguished by color: the male mask is painted red, the female black.

The object Mask with horns “kpan pre” with the object ID 3036612 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 180.

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