Anthropomorphic mask with horns "zewe" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3039133

Name: Anthropomorphic mask with horns "zewe"
SKU: 3039133
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 61,5 cm

H: 24.2 inch

Description

light wood, polychrome paint, bamboo cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth (traces of teeth visible), rep. (breakage left horn), small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
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 its big open snout

The object Anthropomorphic mask with horns “zewe” with the object ID 3039133 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 240.

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