AN ABSTRACTLY ANIMAL MASK

Estimated Value:

5.000 € - 8.000 €

Result:

5.180 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Mali, Malinke
L. 63 cm
With rectangular shaped mouth, protruding conical eyes and incised linear motifs; cowries on the semi-circular designed head; black-brown, shiny patina.
Important Bavarian private collection, acquired at Ketterer Munich, 15.12.1990, lot 23.
Published: Schädler 'L'Art Africain dans les Collections Privées Allemandes', Munich, 1973, no. 57
The Malinke have been almost completely Islamised since the beginning of this century; cult objects of this ethnic group are therefore extremely rare

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