Anthropomorphic mask with horns "zewe" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3034759
Description
wood, polychrome paint, extraordinary detail: surmounted by three (elongated) horns, pierced around the rim, min. dam.,
in the southern Guro country, the mask “zewe"is extremely powerful and represents either the chief or the spokesman of the “je” society. In the north, however, the mask is called “fire-eater”- mask, because of it’s big open snout.
The object Anthropomorphic mask with horns “zewe” with the object ID 3034759 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 193.
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Comparing literature
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genf 1993, ill. 162