Zoomorphic mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3036655

Description

wood, polychrome paint, human face with protruding mouth and scarification marks, surmounted by a pair of horns, cross bar on the back for fixing the mask with the teeth, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage horn), small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base

Littérature comparée

Homberger, Lorenz, Fischer, Eberhard, Die Kunst der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985, p. 212