Senufo fire-spitting helmet, Ivory Coast Wood... - Lot 79 - Chayette & Cheval

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1500 - 1800 EUR
Senufo fire-spitting helmet, Ivory Coast Wood... - Lot 79 - Chayette & Cheval
Senufo fire-spitting helmet, Ivory Coast Wood with brown patina, pigments, accidents L. 91 cm Important Senoufo mask combining physiognomic details of different animals: warthog butts, long bovid horns in particular. Mainly used during the poro cults, this mask owes its name by Westerners, as a fire-breathing mask, to the projection of sparks that it sometimes produced during its appearances. Nice copy of the type.
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