H x W x D: 60 × 30 × 27 cm (23 5/8 × 11 13/16 × 10 5/8 in.)
Type:
Mask
Geography:
Côte d’Ivoire
Date:
Early to mid-20th century
Description:
Wooden helmet mask of a bushcow with curving horns, bulbous forehead, projecting ovoid eyes below curving brows, a long, nose with flaring nostrils projecting from the flattened facial plane, and an open gaping mouth with incised teeth. Ears, eyelids, nostrils, teeth and sides of open mouth accented with off-white pigment, as are the diagonal scarification marks on either side of the flattened cheeks where traces of red pigment are also evident.
Provenance:
Emil Storrer, Zurich
Josefa Carlebach, New York
Brian and Diane Leyden, New York, 1970s to 2019
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