Beautiful early mask "blin" (dog) from the "dye" mask ensemble ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3044942

Description

wood, polychrome painted,
The animal masks appear at the beginning of the “dye” masquerade forming a kind of advance guard. They are said “to prepare the place for dancing”. In no fixed order the following animals performed: “boli” the goat, “glo”, “zuin” and “kla” three different types of antelopes, “bolu” the hippo, “bi” the elephant, “du” the buffalo and “blin” the dog.

The object Beautiful early mask “blin” (dog) from the “dye” mask ensemble with the object ID 3044942 was part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art on November 17, 2018. The object with the lot number 151 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 116, ill. 27

Publications

AHDRC: 0061276