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 A Senufo helmet mask, from the Nafoun region, finely shaped zoomorphic ears on each side, a seated female figure in the middle of the hood, her hands resting on her knees, on the other side the carved head of a kalao framed by two animal horns, pierced through at the rim for attachments; signs of age and ritual use. 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; Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988; Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi: Senufo unbound. Dynamics of art and identity in West Africa, Cleveland 2015. 600 - 700,- Euro Height: 32 cm |
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