Zoomorphic mask "sukun" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3037517

Name: Zoomorphic mask "sukun"
SKU: 3037517
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Priate Collection Paris, France

Size

H: 34 cm

H: 13.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, blackened in parts, horn-like ears, a flattened “hook nose” with beak-like appendage, rectangular openings, circular metal discs, pierced around the rim., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
this mask might represent a stylized horse. However, its structural components can also be interpreted as a synthesis of several animals.

The object Zoomorphic mask “sukun” with the object ID 3037517 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 154.

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