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| Object |
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| Senufo container - Ivory Coast |
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| Ethnic group |
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| Senufo |
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| Origin |
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| Ivory coast |
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| Provenance |
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| Werner Fischer, Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
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| Wood |
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| Size |
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| H: 17 cm |
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| Description |
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| Wood, dark brown patina, polychrome paint remains, a spherical container on four feet rising from a ring-shaped base, the lid in form of a delicate carved animal ́s mask "wanyugo", the mask with open square snout, showing pointed teeth, carved with tusks, horns, surmounted by a small carved chameleon, min. dam., fissures, slight signs of abrasion, rep. (right horn tip) |
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