IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST
Goli headdress mask (Baoulé Group)
Light wood with polychrome paint (red, white)
One broken horn, repaired
Patina of age
H: 30 cm – L: 83 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and colleague 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
Goli headdress mask (Baoulé Group)
Light wood with polychrome paint (red, white)
One broken horn, repaired
Patina of age
H: 30 cm – L: 83 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and colleague 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
