Face mask "gu" with amulet pouch coiffure · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3038512
Dieter Eulenburg, Dreieich, Germany
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.
The object Face mask “gu” with amulet pouch coiffure with the object ID 3038512 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 178 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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