Mask with tubular eyes and large nose · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3045316
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Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, FranceSize
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.
The object Mask with tubular eyes and large nose with the object ID 3045316 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 131.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 101, ill. 73