Rare mask "kodal"

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Description

wood, matt greyish brown patina with remains of black paint, combining anthropomorphic facial features with a long bird beak, a horn to each side of the face, grooved headband with rectangular projection to each side, slightly dam., minor missing parts (beak), fine cracks (backside at the beak), metal base;
the mask represents the “bird woman” employed by the “lo” village confraternity, for its ritual dances.

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Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, ill. 14 Segy, Ladislas, Masks of Black Africa, New York 1976, ill. 77 F.-H. Lem, Sculptures Soudanaises, Paris, 1948, pl. 50

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