Zemanek-Münster

Mask with tubular eyes and large nose

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
not available anymore
Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, pigment remains, base

Probably most likely to be attributed to the “bugle” - war masks who used to prepare the men for a war, who blessed “the just cause” or even led the warriors into battle.


Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 101, ill. 73

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