Double faced mask "kpelié" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3040700

Description

middle brown wood, dark brown patina, nearly identical formed faces with protruding mouth part and rich scarification marks, typical ornamental appendages and plug-like projections at the chin , crowned by a pair of horns with quadruped in the middle, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base

Littérature comparée

Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 39 f.