Zoomorphic mask "zamble" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3034832
Vendu
2 500 €
Provenance
Bernard Dulon, Paris, FranceDidier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Description
light brown wood, black paint, darkened kaolin, drilled holes around the rim, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
“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
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 113