Singers mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Wé · ID: 3033009

Description

wood, dark brown patina, encrusted in some areas, roof-like projecting forehead with colourful tube of woolen threads, thick strings of real hair forming the beard, brass bells attached in the area around the chin, mouth with two metal teeth and animal horn, good condition

With the entertainment masks of the Wè, joker masks, male dance masks “begla” and female singer masks “nineagla” can be distinguished.

The object Singers mask with the object ID 3033009 was part of the auction 69th tribal art auction on June 2, 2012. The object with the lot number 223 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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