Auction 104
Zemanek-Münster

Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"

Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
sold EUR 6,000
Provenance
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Size
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.

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