Zoomorphic mask "bänä" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3042868
Description
wood, polychrome paint, narrow face with slanting eyes, open snout and big ears, drilled holes on both sides, handwritten collection label “194-39” on the backside, dam., cracks, water spots, slight traces of abrasion.
“Bänä” is the dog that walks in front of the human-faced “kyäsä”. It is often connected to its master with a long “bai” cord.
The object Zoomorphic mask “bänä” with the object ID 3042868 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 261 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 125, ill. 103