Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou" · Côte d'Ivoire, Bété / Guro · ID: 3046204

Name: Rare mask type with forehead scar "tohourou"
SKU: 3046204
Price: 3920 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 3,920

Provenance

Hendrik Elias (1925-2014), Wieze, Ghent, Belgium
Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium (1980)
Christie’s, London, 23 June 1986, Lot 36
Michael Oliver, New York City, USA
Philip Sanfield (1928-2008), Farmington Hills, USA (1990)
Sotheby’s, New York, 20 November 1990, Lot 74
Private Collection, California, USA
Sotheby’s, New York, 16 May 2014, Lot 332

Size

H: 24 cm

H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, base

For a stylistically very similar mask see African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, no. 0062551.

The object Rare mask type with forehead scar “tohourou” with the object ID 3046204 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 127 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,920.

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