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Wè-Guéré Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description
- cowrie shell, common warthog (phavochoerus africanus), brass, wood
- Height of mask: 10 1/2 in (26.7 cm); height with accoutrements: 17 in (43.1 cm)
Provenance
Merton D. Simpson, New York
Edwin and Cherie Silver, Los Angeles, acquired from the above on June 8, 1977
Edwin and Cherie Silver, Los Angeles, acquired from the above on June 8, 1977
Literature
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989, Washington, D.C., 1989, p. 168, no. 329
Theodora Morgan, "Sculpture of Black Africa", Sculpture Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, 1990, p. 21
Theodora Morgan, "Sculpture of Black Africa", Sculpture Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, 1990, p. 21