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Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast

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Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast

  • Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast
  • A Senufo Kpelie mask, Ivory Coast, of oval hollowed form, a delicate face with a protruding mouth with a lip block, a long curved nose with a broad tip, narrow eyes, the eyebrows connected with the nose, raised and incised scarification patterns on the smooth surface, the face framed by elaborate abstract appendages, atop a little seated male figure, the mask pierced through at the rim for attachment; brown patina, traces of age and ritual use.
  • Measurements:  35cm
  • Condition: Excellent. On Tribal Repair (iron staple)  
  • Lit.: Kat. Ausst. Die Kunst der Senufo: Elfenbeinküste. Mit einem Beitrag von Till Förster, Staatliche Museen der Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 16.11.1990 - 24.2.1991, Berlin 1990; Lorenz Homberger: Künstler in Werkstätten der Senufo. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zurüch 2014, p. 151-178; Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988; Holas, B., L´Art Sacré Sénoufo, Limoges, 1978; Frank Herreman: Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, New York 2002

 

$585.00

Original: $1,950.00

-70%
Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast—

$1,950.00

$585.00

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  • Senufo Kpelie Mask, Ivory Coast
  • A Senufo Kpelie mask, Ivory Coast, of oval hollowed form, a delicate face with a protruding mouth with a lip block, a long curved nose with a broad tip, narrow eyes, the eyebrows connected with the nose, raised and incised scarification patterns on the smooth surface, the face framed by elaborate abstract appendages, atop a little seated male figure, the mask pierced through at the rim for attachment; brown patina, traces of age and ritual use.
  • Measurements:  35cm
  • Condition: Excellent. On Tribal Repair (iron staple)  
  • Lit.: Kat. Ausst. Die Kunst der Senufo: Elfenbeinküste. Mit einem Beitrag von Till Förster, Staatliche Museen der Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Museum für Völkerkunde Berlin, 16.11.1990 - 24.2.1991, Berlin 1990; Lorenz Homberger: Künstler in Werkstätten der Senufo. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zurüch 2014, p. 151-178; Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988; Holas, B., L´Art Sacré Sénoufo, Limoges, 1978; Frank Herreman: Facing the Mask, Museum for African Art, New York 2002

 

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