Description: wood, pigment remains/ encrusted patina, leather, base This rare mask type with a long beak represents a hornbill, that plays an important role in Dogon mythology. It is also known under the name "picoreur", the French word for this bird. Published in: van de Velde, Lucien & Joanna Teunen, Traditional Art from the West African Savanna, Antwerp 2010 AHDRC: 0083014 Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 68 cm, H: 26,8 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Homberger, Lorenz (Hg.), Die Kunst der Dogon, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 1995, p. 126, ill. 101
Provenance: Jean-Michel Huguenin, Paris, France (collected in situ in the 1950s) René Rasmussen, Paris, France Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA (1995) Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 19 June 2010, Lot 179 Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Belgian Collection