Pendant mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3035364

Name: Pendant mask
SKU: 3035364
Price: 1200 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,200

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York City, USA (1970)

Size

H: 7,5 cm

H: 3.0 inch

Description

metal-gold alloy with a high percentage of copper-bearing metal, filigree work in wax-fibre-technique, eyes and long nose worked in relief, five triangular cut-outs, two minor missing parts in the cast, base;
the two rings surmounting this head make clear that the piece was designed to be worn as a pendant. The Baule call these works “mblo” (just like their entertainment dance protrait masks) or “sran trè”, “human head”, and keep them jealously hidden away in the family treasure “aja”. Only at the time of the great festivals, they were worn by both men and women.

The object Pendant mask with the object ID 3035364 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 194 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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