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Lot 128
82nd Tribal Art Auction

Miniature mask

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 1,400
Provenance
Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 87
Hans 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

Publications

Rielau, Hans Dietrich, Afrikanische Miniaturen, Norderstedt 2011, p. 85
Africa
Masks

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