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Auction archive: Lot number 7

'Kplekple' mask.

Estimate
€5,000 - €6,000
ca. US$5,907 - US$7,088
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 7

'Kplekple' mask.

Estimate
€5,000 - €6,000
ca. US$5,907 - US$7,088
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Baoule. Ivory Coast. Wood. 41 cm. These highly stylized masks represent the youngest initiates group and start the 'goli' ceremonies, usually performed during the funeral of respected community members. The 'goli' dance provides entertainment but also protection for the village in which it is performed. (VJ) Provenance: Emerson & Dina Woelffer, Los Angeles, 1960; Joan Barist, New York. Published: 'The Artist as Collector: Selections from four California Collections of the Arts of Africa and Oceania', Byrnes 1975, p. 50, nr. 27.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
4 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Dorotheum GmbH & Co. KG
Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Beschreibung:

Baoule. Ivory Coast. Wood. 41 cm. These highly stylized masks represent the youngest initiates group and start the 'goli' ceremonies, usually performed during the funeral of respected community members. The 'goli' dance provides entertainment but also protection for the village in which it is performed. (VJ) Provenance: Emerson & Dina Woelffer, Los Angeles, 1960; Joan Barist, New York. Published: 'The Artist as Collector: Selections from four California Collections of the Arts of Africa and Oceania', Byrnes 1975, p. 50, nr. 27.

Auction archive: Lot number 7
Auction:
Datum:
4 Oct 2021
Auction house:
Dorotheum GmbH & Co. KG
Wien | Palais Dorotheum
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