Face mask "gu" with amulet pouch coiffure · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3038512
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Karl Heinz Arnold, Frankfurt, Germany (1976)Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
Size
H: 34 cm
H: 13.4 inch
Description
wood, matt shiny blackish brown patina, narrow face with high arching brows, framed a narrow ridge (beard and lobes), coiffure with zigzag-contours, tattoos on the forehead, nose with hanging tip, slightly dam., abrasion (nose), crack (coiffure, backside);
“gu” is always carved according to the image of “a beautiful woman” - “uanya iri nya”. Although it is always danced by men.