Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3036463
sold
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USASize
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, matt black and red paint, broad and vaulted base with superimposed mask face, coiffure of four bulges with diadem-like crest, burled tattoos, slightly dam., missing parts (mouth, nose, coiffure), cracks, abrasion of paint, traces of insect caused damage (base), base
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 221 ff.