Zemanek-Münster

Mask

Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Vendu 2 400 €
Provenance
Egger, Heidelberg, Germany
Lempertz, Brussels, 28 October 1995, lot 47
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany
Taille
H: 31 cm
H: 12.2 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, expressive projecting forms, pierced around the rim, min. dam., fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
the Ngere are also called “southern Wè”. They settle to the southeast of the Dan and to the west of the Bete. The characteristic Ngere masks indulge in extreme presentations of human and zoomorphic elements.


Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 297

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