Mask "kpelié" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3038375

Description

wood, rich blackish brown patina, heart-shaped facial plane with small eyes and overlong nose, characteristic features: ornamental side projections and horns, beautiful aged patina, slightly dam., original row of drillings around the rim broken out (replaced by a second row), crack backside, metal base

Littérature comparée

Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 36, ill. 17