Zemanek-Münster

Mask "gu"

Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
sold EUR 4,000
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland
Size
H: 28,5 cm
H: 11.2 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, typical narrow face with delicate nose bridge, raised scarification marks, filed incisors, coiffure with long lobes, pierced ears, min. dam., fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 157 f. , ill. 78

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