Zoomorphic mask "bänä" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3042868
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
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.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 125, ill. 103