Zoomorphic mask ·  Liberia, Grebo · ID: 3034071

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, metal tags, crowned by curved horns forming a circle, pierced around the rim, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
there are only few Grebo masks, they show a style similar to the Mande-speaking Dan with roundish forms. This mask type is said to stop fights and quarrels. No woman was allowed to see it.

The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3034071 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 103.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 169