IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST
Guéré Mask
Wood with blue, red, and white polychrome painting and upholstery nails decorating the forehead. Metal teeth; fibers symbolizing a beard.
Signs of use and wear, with small areas of material missing and a crack at the chin. Numerous nails on the sides used to secure a headdress.
H.: 25 cm – W.: 18 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and collaborator of Albert Schweitzer. The collection was subsequently passed down and expanded by his son, a pharmacist based in Lambaréné (Gabon) and later in Côte d’Ivoire, according to oral family tradition.
See Biography in the sale listing
IVORY COAST
Guéré Mask
Wood with blue, red, and white polychrome painting and upholstery nails decorating the forehead. Metal teeth; fibers symbolizing a beard.
Signs of use and wear, with small areas of material missing and a crack at the chin. Numerous nails on the sides used to secure a headdress.
H.: 25 cm – W.: 18 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and collaborator of Albert Schweitzer. The collection was subsequently passed down and expanded by his son, a pharmacist based in Lambaréné (Gabon) and later in Côte d’Ivoire, according to oral family tradition.
See Biography in the sale listing
