Lot n° 134
Estimation :
1000 - 2000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 11 100EUR
Wobe Guéré singing mask, Ivory Coast - Lot 134
Wobe Guéré singing mask, Ivory Coast
Wood, hair, bronze bells, upholstery nails, miscellaneous
Prodigious patina of age
H. 27 cm
An oval face with a high forehead marked with tapestry nails, a beard of plant fiber and raffia from which numerous bronze bells
bronze bells, slit and protruding eyes, blunt nose overhanging a moustache, fleshy half-open mouth decorated with metal teeth, give an extraordiinary and unsettling presence.
Provenance :
- Former Maurice Nicaud collection, Paris
- French private collection
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