Masque de chant féminin "nineagla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Wobé
Vendu
1 800 €
Provenance
Toni Dähler, Basel, SwitzerlandH.K. Galerie, St. Gallen, Switzerland (Helene Knill and Hans Koller)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 September 2004, Lot 923
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Taille
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, pigments, plant fibre, fabric, human hair, metal, cartridge cases,
Singer masks belong to the category of entertainment masks. They depict beautiful young girls (= “nineagla”), but are worn by boys and young men.
Himmelheber reports that “sometimes quite young boys go through the village with such a mask and only one companion and show their singing art here and there without any special effort”.