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An imposant Guerre/We zoomorphic Panther Mask with bulging slit-eyes, a nose with prominent nostrils, extendigs on each side of the face, a blackened painted snout with reddish tongue and white teethh, a domed forehead with numerous attachments and a "beard" of wooden stings, two large, curves animal teeth are framing the open mouth, surmounted with fabrics; varied paintedmostly white to beige surface; heavy, hard wood. Analogous exemplare, Bedford Syvesant Museum Lit.: Masken der Wè und Dan Elfenbeinküste, die Sammlung des Schweizer Malers Charles Hug, Paris 1928-31 mit einem Beitrag zum Maskenwesen der Wè von Hans Himmelheber.
Masken der Wè und Dan Elfenbeinküste, mit einem Beitrag von Hans Himmelheber, available in our running Ethnobook-auction. 800 - 1.000,- Euro Height: 27 cm |
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