Masque zoomorphe "bänä" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3042868

Description

wood, polychrome paint, narrow face with slanting eyes, open snout and big ears, drilled holes on both sides, handwritten collection label “194-39” on the backside, dam., cracks, water spots, slight traces of abrasion.
“Bänä” is the dog that walks in front of the human-faced “kyäsä”. It is often connected to its master with a long “bai” cord.

Littérature comparée

Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 125, ill. 103