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A Senufo zoomorphic helmet mask, Kponyungo, Ivory Coast, of hollowed form, a large open crocodile-like mouth with teeth, horns on the ridge of the nose, at back of helmet carved antelope spiraling horns, the mask is surmounted by a chameleon, the surface painted with white, black and red pigments, traces of age and ritual use, incl. stand. Lit. : Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988; Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi: Senufo unbound. Dynamics of art and identity in West Africa, Cleveland 2015; Met. Musuem, Collection, Helmet Mask (Kponyugo) .
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A Senufo zoomorphic helmet mask, Kponyungo, Ivory Coast, of hollowed form, a large open crocodile-like mouth with teeth, horns on the ridge of the nose, at back of helmet carved antelope spiraling horns, the mask is surmounted by a chameleon, the surface painted with white, black and red pigments, traces of age and ritual use, incl. stand. Lit. : Die Kunst der Senufo, Museum Rietberg Zürich, aus Schweizer Sammlung, Zürich 1988; Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi: Senufo unbound. Dynamics of art and identity in West Africa, Cleveland 2015; Met. Musuem, Collection, Helmet Mask (Kponyugo) .
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