Zoomorphic mask "zamble" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3041201
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Ole Jensen, Denmark (1963)Poul Mørk (1938 – 2013), Copenhagen, Denmark. Curator of the African Collections Departement at the National Museum of Denmark
Size
H: 43 cm
H: 16.9 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, of hollowed slender form with open snout and flat horns, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (back), fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
“zamble” represents a bushbuck “zru”. 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.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 142 ff.