Miniature mask "ma go" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3038539
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Hayden and Odette Walling, Kpain, Liberia, coll. in situ in the 1950’sSize
H: 6,5 cm
H: 2.6 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, of concave vaulted form, triangular “snub nose”, min. dam., fine crack (back), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Miniature mask “ma go” with the object ID 3038539 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 269 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Tagliaferri, Aldo, Miniature masks from West Africa, Milan 1997, p. 25