Zemanek-Münster

Masque "gu" avec cornes d'animal ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3051556

Vendu 4 200 €
Provenance

American Private Collection (coll. ca. 1960-1990)
Family-owned since then

Collected by an American diplomat and ambassador in the 1960-1990s, when he provided charitable medical aid throughout the African continent.


Description

wood, pigment, collection no. “48277”, 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”.


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