Mask with horns · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3032070
Vendu
900 €
Provenance
Alfred Ries, Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)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
Littérature comparée
Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 90, ill. 11