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Female face mask, Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Wobé, Size: H: 22,5 cm (H: 8.9 inch), ID: 3049080
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Lot 251
99th Auction

Female face mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Wobé · ID: 3049080

sold EUR 500
Provenance
Neumeister, Munich, 14 May 2009, Lot 37
Michael Schauer, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, red pigment,

The mask shows the typical cheek scarifications that can still be seen on older women today. The eyes are narrowly slit. The mouth shows strikingly bulging lips with a suggested tip of the tongue.

The object Female face mask with the object ID 3049080 was last part of the auction 99th Auction at November 12, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 251 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, p. 20, ill. 9 and 10

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