Important bonu amuin helmet-mask combining... - Lot 86 - Giquello

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Important bonu amuin helmet-mask combining... - Lot 86 - Giquello
Important bonu amuin helmet-mask combining the features of various animals, the rounded skull, the wide open mouth with multiple fangs, a row of nine horns arranged in a comb at the top of the skull as well as a pair of bovid horns. On the forehead is a panther holding a dog in its mouth. Polychrome wood, slightly crusty patina, traces of libations. Baule, Ivory Coast. L. 83 cm. Provenance : - Emmanuel Bordier Collection For an identical mask photographed in situation around 1930, see Himmelheber Hans Die Kultur der Baule, p. 194
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