Masque zoomorphe "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Vendu
1 600 €
Provenance
French Private CollectionTaille
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, rep. (breakage back), missing part, paint rubbed off in parts.
“Zamble” represents a bushbuck, along with “zauli” and “gu” it belongs to the group of the so-called “yu-masks”. “Zamble” should ward off sorcerers and in cases of conflict he acts as mediator.
Littérature comparée
Fischer, Eberhard, Guro, Masks, Munich, Berlin, London, New York 2008, p. 168Publications
AHDRC: 150434