We-Guere Mask

Description:

We-Guere Mask, oval form with exaggerated features, broad articulated brass studded mouth, large nose, bulging eyes with pierced slits and projecting forehead, beard made up of human hair bound in cloth on the perimeter, two painted boar tusks and two painted medicine bundles complete the forehead decoration, perimeter profusely decorated with spent cartridge cases, additional holes pierced for sight above the eyes, fur moustache and two wood projectiles on upper lip, ht. 16 1/2 in.

Provenance: Galerie Noir d'Ivoire, Paris, France.
Estimate $8,000-12,000


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