"Poro" society mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3052215
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
John Monroe, Nevada, USASize
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, metal, handwritten collection no. “MS 2017.38” and “A-57”
This mask may belong to a type worn by priests to judge disputations. The wearer, a man, adopts a female mask to emphasize his impartiality and breadth of understanding.
The object “Poro” society mask with the object ID 3052215 was last part of the auction Collectors’ Items Sale at September 24, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 146 achieved a sales price of EUR 800.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 14, ill. 3