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

Comparing literature

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