Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3039098
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, red paint, white pigment, crowned by a standing female figure, provided with ram horn coiffure, eyes and ears ornamentally designed, their shape accentuated by concentrical grooves, crossbar backside for additionally fixing the mask with the teeth (bite marks), slightly dam., abrasion of paint, metal base
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 159 ff.