Masque "gu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3043174

Description

wood, brown patina, black paint, traces of kaolin, slightly dam. (nose), rep.. (breakage: right horn tip), base.
“Gu” is considered a female being. She is the wife of the mask-being “zamble” (and his brother"zauli"), and as such she must always follow her husband, i. e. appear after him in a masquerade. Despite her human like face, the “gu” mask being is considered a creature of the forest. It is quite possible that the addition of horns to the beautiful female face was intended to emphasize the non-village, forest-bound, and therefore “sacred” aspect of “gu”.

L’objet Masque “gu” avec l’ID d’objet 3043174 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 88e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 10 mars 2018 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 212 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 221 ff.

Publications

AHDRC: 0150438