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Female face mask "gu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

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Female face mask "gu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

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wood, black patina, red pigment, kaolin, fine grooved hairdo, the face entirely enclosed by a flat beard with zigzag pattern, narrow slit eyes with lowered lids, slightly dam. (nose tip), paint rubbed off, missing part and crack backside
H: 41 cm
Provenance:
German Private Collection, Essen
Lit.: Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Das Zweite Gesicht, Genf, München, New York 1997, ill. 37
Continent: Africa

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Female face mask "gu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

Name: Female face mask \"gu\" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
SKU: 28924470
Price: 600 EUR
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