Lafont
List lafont
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Provenance: former lafont gallery, professional art dealer; farafi gallery, aix en provence; keita gallery, village of the antiquarians of the train station of isles sur sorges, where the piece can be viewed during the auctionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiestimated age: middle of the 20th century, around , according to the collector and merchant of african art, very renowned in situ in ouagadougoumaterials: wood, red, brown and ochre plant pigments dimensions: 53 cm including the standour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepopulation: mossi of aboriginal tengabisi origin, from the region of ouagadougoudescription: representation of a ram mask, symbol of masculine power and fertility, it comes from the central region of the mossi country; please note the polychrome dying with red and black pigments all over the mask, transmitting a message to the initiates; these masks are always very stylised, with an elongated muzzle conferring a very contemporary aspect to the wholecareful shipment via express parcel (colissimo) with track & trace, including a professional invoice with the abovementioned description and a certificatefunction: dance mask related to fertility rituals regarding agriculturecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
148 €
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiles pyrenees drawn after nature and lithographed by eugene ciceri the 1st part souvenirs of luchon and its surroundingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean oblong folio volume (29 x 40 cm) with a period bindinga lot of foxing and defectssold as is (see photos)8-page text, followed by 2 maps, 1 lithographed title, 1 quadruple panorama, 5 double plates and 12 single platesluchon, lafont, [circa ]please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery decent plates (see photos)front and back covers in decent conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
43 €