Face mask "gu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3041839
Johan Henau, Antwerp, Belgium (1993)
Ursula Nusser, Munich, 2 November 1994, lot 163
French Private Collection, Paris
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, beautiful formed face, even delicate facial features, fine grooved helmet-like coiffure with wave-like contour, raised scarification marks, collection number “HC 262” handwritten in white paint on the backside, slightly dam., cracks (rim zone on both sides), rep. (thin piece at the right rim of the face), abrasion of paint (nose, forehead), base
The object Face mask “gu” with the object ID 3041839 was last part of the auction 85th Tribal Art Auction at March 4, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 191 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,000.
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AHDRC: 0060336