Zemanek-Münster

Mask with horns

Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
sold EUR 900
Provenance
Alfred Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)
Size
H: 80 cm
H: 31.5 inch

Description

wood, black grounding, accents in red and white, striking long and curved horns, accentuated by changina colours, bamboo cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth (traces of teeth), pierced around the rim, rep. (horn), insect caused damage, abrasion


Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 90, ill. 11

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