A RARE IVORY COAST MASK, for the do masquerade, carved as one face above the other, each with keloids flanking the rectangular mouth, further keloids to cheeks and forehead, carved ear ornaments, the upper face with rounded cross-hatched crest to the coiffure flanked by two triangular crests, glossy black patina with white, reddish brown and blue embellishments, some termite erosion about the border, probably Ligbe | Christie's

拍品 54

A RARE IVORY COAST MASK, for the do masquerade, carved as one face above the other, each with keloids flanking the rectangular mouth, further keloids to cheeks and forehead, carved ear ornaments, the upper face with rounded cross-hatched crest to the coiffure flanked by two triangular crests, glossy black patina with white, reddish brown and blue embellishments, some termite erosion about the border, probably Ligbe

细节

A RARE IVORY COAST MASK, for the do masquerade, carved as one face above the other, each with keloids flanking the rectangular mouth, further keloids to cheeks and forehead, carved ear ornaments, the upper face with rounded cross-hatched crest to the coiffure flanked by two triangular crests, glossy black patina with white, reddish brown and blue embellishments, some termite erosion about the border, probably Ligbe
44.5cm. high

拍品专文

The Do masquerade and its relationship to Islam in Eastern Ivory Coast and neighbouring Ghana is discussed by Bravmann (1974, pp.147-172), who also illustrates a somewhat similar mask on p.148, fig.57.