Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3048718
not available anymore
Provenance
Swiss Private Collection, BaselWerner Zintl, Worms, Germany (1997)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, blackened, base
The mask shows a friendly face with a laughing mouth.
Presumably it is a representation of “gu”, who is considered to be the wife of the mask figure “zamble”.
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “gu” with the object ID 3048718 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 42.
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