Lot: 151

93rd Tribal Art Auction

Face mask with articulated jaw

Côte d'Ivoire, Wé / Guéré / Wobé

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
collected before 1968
William Moore, Los Angeles, USA
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
H: 10.6 inch This object is not available anymore.

wood, pigments, metal, hide, rep., collection number "4651/ V109" (Merton Simpson)

For a stylistically very similar mask, also collected before 1968, see African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, no 0064719.