Masque "gu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3043092

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Description

wood, brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, narrow face with down cast eyes and smiling mouth, surmounted by two roosters, rep. (breakage left bird), missing parts and traces of insect caused damage (rim and backside), crack, slight traces of abrasion.
Showing the refined style found in the villages in the region of Zuenoula among the northern Guro.

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Publications

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, München 2001, p. 78 f., ill. 23

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