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

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.

Comparing literature

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

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