Lot 96: A Guere-Wobe war mask

People: Guere-Wobe people
Ivory Coast
H: 13 ½"
Of typical form, the mask with large jutting brow covered in blue cloth with applied cowries, the tubular eyes with white infill; long wide wedge shaped nose with smaller set of eyes with red infill to either side; open articulated jaw with barbed teeth and red tongue. On a custom base.

Provenance:
Property of a New York Private Collector

Price Realized: $250

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