Mask "zakpai" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3033934
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Provenance
Marceau Rivière, Paris, FranceSize
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, metal tag, band-shaped scarifications in the area of forehead and cheeks, diadem-like headband and nail on the forhead, drilled holes in the upper lip, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, on base
The object Mask “zakpai” with the object ID 3033934 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 171.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 50, ill. 15