Mask "zakpai" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3038901

Description

wood, rich shiny black patina, beard from plaited plant fibre strings, remains of human hair on both sides, drilled holes in the upper lip, where originally teeth from bone (?) were inserted (just one preserved), metal nail above the forehead, characteristic form with large round eyes and forehead ridge, slightly dam., the whole area around the rim strongly marked by insect caused damage, encrustations with blackish mass around the mouth

The object Mask “zakpai” with the object ID 3038901 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 203 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,300.

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