Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3047822

Description

wood, dark red pigment, indigo blue colour accents, base

“Gu” shows a beautiful female mask face. She is considered to be the wife of “zamble”.

Her hair is tied up in a bunch, a high chignon adorned with amulet pouches around it, a hairstyle that high-ranking Guro women used to wear. The amulet pouches held verses of the Koran.

The object Anthropomorphic face mask “gu” with the object ID 3047822 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 187 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800.

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