Sorry not the greatest photos and I hope these arenât related to animal cruelty but are these important or junk. They might be from travel. What would I do with them
Masks
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Your father was quite some collector wasnât he?
All of the masks look to be African, although thereâs only one that I specifically recognise without further research. The second one. Itâs a âKpeliyeâeâ mask from the CĂŽte dâIvoire (Ivory Coast) with cultural affinity to the Senufo people. The double-faced ones are called âYĂȘchikpleyĂ©guĂ©â
https://www.senufo-art.com/2017/06/30/genres-of-the-kpelié-the-double-faced-mask/
Masks like this have been commonly sold at markets to tourists and for the âcollector marketâ since the beginning of the 20th Century and are still sold today. The earlier ones tend to be more faithful in terms of construction methods and materials used, although they never actually saw any ritual use. The earlier ones are commensurately more desirable/valuable, but It would take some close examination to estimate exactly how old yours are since theyâre habitually artificially aged before sale.
Artisans in the CĂŽte dâIvoire have been major suppliers of these masks to the market for some time, producing items that relate to their own cultural people, copies of masks from other African cultures, and âgenericâ masks that donât really belong to any particular culture.
For the more modern ones, even if you bargain hard on a market you may well find that youâve âoverpaidâ relative to any resale value. If youâre selling, fleabay would be as good a route as any, although Etsy now seems to be the place to ask ridiculous prices. Take whatever you can get for them would be my advice.
All of the masks look to be African, although thereâs only one that I specifically recognise without further research. The second one. Itâs a âKpeliyeâeâ mask from the CĂŽte dâIvoire (Ivory Coast) with cultural affinity to the Senufo people. The double-faced ones are called âYĂȘchikpleyĂ©guĂ©â
https://www.senufo-art.com/2017/06/30/genres-of-the-kpelié-the-double-faced-mask/
Masks like this have been commonly sold at markets to tourists and for the âcollector marketâ since the beginning of the 20th Century and are still sold today. The earlier ones tend to be more faithful in terms of construction methods and materials used, although they never actually saw any ritual use. The earlier ones are commensurately more desirable/valuable, but It would take some close examination to estimate exactly how old yours are since theyâre habitually artificially aged before sale.
Artisans in the CĂŽte dâIvoire have been major suppliers of these masks to the market for some time, producing items that relate to their own cultural people, copies of masks from other African cultures, and âgenericâ masks that donât really belong to any particular culture.
For the more modern ones, even if you bargain hard on a market you may well find that youâve âoverpaidâ relative to any resale value. If youâre selling, fleabay would be as good a route as any, although Etsy now seems to be the place to ask ridiculous prices. Take whatever you can get for them would be my advice.
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