Lot 180: Three Akan Gilded maskettes

Akan, Ivory Coast and Ghana; H: 2", 2 1/2" & 4"

The two smaller of classical form, one male, the other female, displaying typical Akan casting. The larger example, unusual, with native repaired casting flaw and elongated mouth less jaw.

Comments:
The Akan made and used gold and gold washed maskettes as symbols of prestige and status. This group of three maskettes illustrates some of the rich diversity inherent in the corpus; from the simple mask-like classical face to the almost naturalistic bearded mask to the longheaded mouthless aberrant.

Provenance:
- Zollman Collection, IND
- Gelbard collection, NY

Publication History:
Remnants of Ritual: Selections from the Gelbard collection of African Art (2003) Bourgeois & Rodolitz; Pg. 15, Fig. 34

Exhibition History:
Exhibition History: USA: "Remnants of Ritual, Selections from the Gelbard Collection of African Art":
- University Park, IL: Governors State University, February 2003
- Krannert, IL: Krannert Art Museum, 26 August-26 October, 2003
- Kansas City, MO: Belger Art Foundation/UNIVERSITY of Missouri-
Kansas City, 2004
- Park Forest, IL: Tall Grass Art Association, 2005

Price Realized: $1,000

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