Face mask · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3036106
Vendu
600 €
Description
light brown wood, matt patina, pokerwork, crowned by a pair of horns, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, base;
presumably a work of the carver Sikire Kambire (1896-1963) or his workshop.
Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 22.4.2003, Munich, Germany
Littérature comparée
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 127 ff. Yale Archive No. 0005565-001 (comparable object)