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Lot 168 D α

PAIR OF BAULE MASKS

Auction 1103 - overview Brussels
31.01.2018, 14:00 - Art of Africa, the Pacific and the Americas
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 12.400 € (incl. premium)
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PAIR OF BAULE MASKS
Dimbokro region, Ivory Coast

30 and 32 cm. high

Four pairs of masks appear at the Baule "goli" spectacle. The "goli" dance is performed as entertainment and also for sacred functions such as the funeral of an important man. The masks appear two by two in a fixed order; first a pair of disk-faced masks,

Provenance

Galerie Gerbrand Luttik, Soest
Galerie Simonis, Dusseldorf
Hessberg collection, Essen