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Wè-Guéré Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$20,000 - US$30,000
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Wè-Guéré Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
Wood, brass, cowrie shell, common warthog (phavochoerus africanus)
Height of mask 10 1/2in (26.7cm); height overall 17in (43.1cm)
Provenance
Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York
Edwin and Cherie Silver Collection, Los Angeles, acquired from the above 8 June 1977
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 10
Private Collection, United States
Literature
Robbins, Warren M. and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989, Washington, D.C., 1989, p. 168, no. 329
Morgan, Theodora, "Sculpture of Black Africa", Sculpture Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, 1990, p. 21
As noted by Robbins and Nooter (Ibid., p. 169), "Masks of the We people are employed in the settlement of disputes and in ceremonies that convey moral messages. To their strong, distorted features are frequently added miscellaneous objects and materials to increase their spiritual power."
Height of mask 10 1/2in (26.7cm); height overall 17in (43.1cm)
Provenance
Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York
Edwin and Cherie Silver Collection, Los Angeles, acquired from the above 8 June 1977
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 10
Private Collection, United States
Literature
Robbins, Warren M. and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989, Washington, D.C., 1989, p. 168, no. 329
Morgan, Theodora, "Sculpture of Black Africa", Sculpture Review, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2, 1990, p. 21
As noted by Robbins and Nooter (Ibid., p. 169), "Masks of the We people are employed in the settlement of disputes and in ceremonies that convey moral messages. To their strong, distorted features are frequently added miscellaneous objects and materials to increase their spiritual power."














