This We Mask comes from Liberia, Ivory Coast and is made of polychrome carved wood, vegetable fibers and metal and measures 38 x 34 x 24 cm. This large and fierce We Mask has half-closed eyes and an open mouth with teeth visible. Covered in white, it would be related to the ancestors and their wisdom. The We sculptors have an “expressionist” vision that is contradictory to the realistic vision of the Dan sculptors, also from the Ivory Coast.
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Title:We Mask
Author:
Anonymous
Date:twentieth century
Technique:Ivory Coast wood, pigments, vegetable fibers and metal