"Kpeliyé'e Mask - Senufo Culture, Ivory Coast - 19th Century"
Kpeliyé'e MASK referring to the eponymous mask dancing on the occasion of the Poro initiation ritual. He wears a pair of horns reminiscent of those of the buffalo, scarifications on the cheekbones, labrets on the lips, a pair of fins on the temples and two drooping growths on the cheeks.Senufo culture, Ivory Coast 19th century
Copper alloy
H.: 19.8; L.: 9.8 cm
No. 77 of the exhibition-sale “Bronzes, monumental miniatures”.
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