Rare anthropomorphic headdress "klé-dyiba" · Liberia, Grebo · ID: 3049459
Christie’s, Paris, 12 June 2003, Lot 311
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris-Drouot, 10 April 2010, Lot 37
Bernard Dulon, Paris, France
Stella Loebarth, Paris, France (Bruneaf 2012)
Zemanek-Münster, 86th Tribal Art Auction, Vol. II, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 167
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Description
wood, pigments, human hair, metal, label: “H 53 / Liberia - Village: Kaweke Half-Grebo Bowo”, base
Very rare type whose use is not documented.
A formally comparable specimen (ex Bohumil Holas) is in the collections of the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Paris (AHDRC 0183886). According to the inscription on the back, it comes from the Grebo-Bôvo, from the village of Kaouyéké (Kaweke), was used by an association of the young men and was called “klé-dyiba”.
The object Rare anthropomorphic headdress “klé-dyiba” with the object ID 3049459 was part of the auction 99th Auction on November 12, 2022. The object with the lot number 37 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,100 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Publications
Expo cat.: "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXII", Brussels, 2012, p.125
AHDRC: 0129813
Comparing literature
Wolfram, Siegfried A., Liberia, Feldkirchen 2012, p. 43 ff.
Exhibition
Brussels, Belgium: "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXII", 6-10 June 2012