Miniature mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3039804
sold
EUR 1,400
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 87Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germany
Size
H: 5,5 cm
H: 2.2 inch
Description
brass, cast as a trophy head, elaborate coiffure consisting of numerous plug-like projections, chin beard arranged in seven lobes, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, base
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 279