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A We mask, an oval face, hung from one ear to the other with brass bells and colourful strings of beads, a heavily downturned mouth, a broad nose, strongly bulging coffee-bean-shaped eyes, a braided hairstyle, on the head a highly stylised bird with lowered wings; remains of white colour, partly shiny. 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. sold Height: 39 cm |
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