Zoomorphic mask "zamble" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3034832
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Description
light brown wood, black paint, darkened kaolin, drilled holes around the rim, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
“zamble” represents a bushbuck; along with “zauli” and “gu” it belongs to the group of the so-called “yu-masks”. “Zamble” should ward off sorcerers and in cases of conflict he acts as mediator.
The object Zoomorphic mask “zamble” with the object ID 3034832 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 192 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 113