Descripción : Wood with a worn and varied black patina of ritual use with white kaolin encrustations
Ivory Coast, early 20th century
Dan people
Mask in the shape of a zoomorphic creature with horns
Cylindrically protruding eyes, pyramidal shaped nose, curved tusks and a wide, open mouth
The outer edge with small holes
Inside old inventory numbers
With a metal base
Height of the mask: c. 31 cm
Good, age related condition
Provenance: Private collection Munich
Published in Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, p. 457, Panterra Verlag 2008Condition:
The mask is in good, age related condition with usual signs of wear. The patina partly rubbed, drying cracks, wormy (inactive) and partly loss of material especially at the edge. The height of the mask is c. 31 cm.
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