Bronze Mask

Djimini · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: BR-32

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Material
Bronze

Protective mask of the homes where it is hung. This mask, forming a pair with another similar one, was acquired in Abidjan in the middle of…

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Protective mask of the homes where it is hung. This mask, forming a pair with another similar one, was acquired in Abidjan in the middle of the sixties of the last century. Although the name of bronze masks is usually given to these masks are actually brass masks, like all African bronzes because they do not have the same composition as European bronze. Time skate.

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Attributed period
Mid-century XX or earlier.

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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