Description:

Ivory Coast. "Bagle" spirit mask carved with a row of duiker horns, symbols of medicine and fertility, across the forehead, raised ridge runs vertically down forehead to wedge nose, flanked by tubular eye openings. Metal nails above horns once held coiffure. Perforations along chin for beard. Dark red-brown patina, abraded weathered surface. Custom base. Inventory number written along rim. See Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 57. Size: 9-1/2"H. (24cm).

Provenance: Private NYC. collection; ex. Marc Assayag, Montreal, 2002; ex. Merton D. Simpson Gallery, NYC., inv. no. 3045.

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