Anthropo-zoomorphic mask with horns
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Lot: 176
Auction 103Anthropo-zoomorphic mask with horns
Nigeria, Afo
| Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
|---|---|---|
| Werner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, Germany | H: 24.4 inch |
2000 EUR
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance |
wood, tripartite (horns worked separately, fixed with nails), pigments,
There are small remnants of former polychrome painting with pigments in bright colours (red, indigo blue) on the mask. Particularly striking are the radial incisions on both sides of the nostrils and the corners of the eyes and mouth.
Elsy Leuzinger collected a formally similar mask from the Afo on site and called it a bush cow mask (cf. Leuzinger, 1972, p. 220, N 25).
Leuzinger, Elsy, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Recklinghausen 1972, p. 220, N 25
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 193, ill. 266; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, 171, Fig. 231 (as a drawing)
