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Dance mask with accentuated features, giving it a powerful expressiveness, the top of the forehead accompanied by a crown of fabric, beads and rattles, the circumference of the face with amulets in the shape of feline teeth. Wood, iron, fabric, beads and horsehair, traces of pigment, patina and wear mark. Guere, Wobé, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

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Dance mask with accentuated features, giving it a powerful expressiveness, the top of the forehead accompanied by a crown of fabric, beads and rattles, the circumference of the face with amulets in the shape of feline teeth. Wood, iron, fabric, beads and horsehair, traces of pigment, patina and wear mark. Guere, Wobé, Republic of Côte d'Ivoire

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