Masque casque janus "wanyugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo
Vendu
2 500 €
Provenance
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 07 July 2018, Lot 99
German Private Collection
Taille
H: 32 cm
L: 67,5 cm
H: 12.6 inch
L: 26.6 inch
Description
wood,
Zoomorphic “wanyugo” masks belong to the “wabele” society. They are send out during times of funerary ritual or times of crisis in order to search out and destroy any malevolent spirits and evil spells.
Publications
AHDRC: 0153517