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Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092
Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 2/7 Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 3/7 Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 4/7 Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 5/7 Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 6/7 Mask "gu", Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Size: H: 39 cm (H: 15.4 inch), ID: 3043092 - 7/7
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Lot 259
87th Tribal Art Auction

Mask "gu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3043092

sold EUR 2,200
Provenance
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, narrow face with down cast eyes and smiling mouth, surmounted by two roosters, rep. (breakage left bird), missing parts and traces of insect caused damage (rim and backside), crack, slight traces of abrasion.
Showing the refined style found in the villages in the region of Zuenoula among the northern Guro.

The object Mask “gu” with the object ID 3043092 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 259 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.

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Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, München 2001, p. 78 f., ill. 23

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