Horned mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3037658

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, human facial features with “smiling” mouth, the standing female figure adorned with carved bracelets, scarification marks and elaborate carved coiffure with bun, pireced around the rim, rep. (breakage coiffure), cracks, traces of abrasion

The object Horned mask with the object ID 3037658 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 228 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 221