Masque à cornes "kpan pre" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3049424
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
Henk (1920-2001) and Greet Kouw, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsBoris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany (1976)
Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany
German Private Collection
Description
wood, polychrome painted, label with inventory no. “821-1”, base
The “kpan pre” mask type from the “goli” mask cycle represents a young girl and is usually depicted with two horns in honour of the buffalo god “goli”.
Littérature comparée
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 169 ff.