Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3039098

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

The object Anthropomorphic face mask “gu” with the object ID 3039098 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 286 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 159 ff.