
Griot Mask Kpepogla
It's a Kpepogla mask, it's gueré masks with tubular eyes. At first they were masks of war.
MFANT-35
Text of the original catalogue
Located between the Cavaly and Sassandra rivers Wobé and the Gueré are one and only ethnic group, ethnic group We, these names were given by the colonialists to indicate those of the north, WobéFor collectors and ethnologists there is an important difference in their masks, the eyes of the gueré are tubular while the wobé are oblong and hollowed.
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It's a Kpepogla mask, it's gueré masks with tubular eyes. At first they were masks of war.
MFANT-35

He plays a political role, most of the wobé masks andgueré are masks of war, with a fierce and horrifying appearance, destined…
MFAZ-21

The Wobé masks, in general, have some analogy with the Gueré masks, since in reality it is the same ethnic group, the…
MFANT-96

The Gueré and the Wobé are one and the same ethnic group, the We.
MFANT-98