Zoomorphic mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3036655
sold
EUR 3,800
Provenance
Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, FranceSize
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, human face with protruding mouth and scarification marks, surmounted by a pair of horns, cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage horn), small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base
Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 212