About the lot N° 182
Title : Mask Kpan Pre - Ivory Coast, Baule
Medium : wood, dark brown patina, white pigment, the facial plane dyed in reddish brown, carved with regular facial features, framed by a flat zigzag-beard, crowned by a massive pair of horns, slightly dam. (nose, mouth), fine cracks, belonging to the family of the kple-kple masks which perform to honour the buffalo god goli. Four pairs of masks appear, two by two, in a fixed order: first a pair of disc-faced masks (usually called kple kple), next a pair of animal helmet masks goli glen, third a pair of horned face masks kpan pre, and finally two human-faced masks with crested hairdos kpan. Within each pair, the masks and costumes are nearly identical, but the masks of the kple kple and kpan pre pairs are distinguished by color: the male mask is painted red, the female black. Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE
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Sale title : 69th Tribal Art Auction
Sale date : 02 Jun 2012
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
