Zoomorphic mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3036655

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

The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3036655 was part of the auction 76th tribal art auction on March 22, 2014. The object with the lot number 203 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.

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Comparing literature

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 212