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Mask with figural superstructure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

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Mask "gägon" - Côte d'Ivoire, Dan: wood, shiny black patina, beard from fur (ape), coiffure made from chicken feathers fixed by leather strips, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion H: 25 cm, H: 9,8 inch Provenance:

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Mask with figural superstructure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

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wood, polychrome painted, encrustations, crowned by a platform carved with two standing figures, the front figure wearing mask and costume of "zamble", slightly dam., minor missing part backside at the chin, abrasion, breakages/contact points (figures arms and platform), rep. (breakage left horn);
a work of the Guro master carver "Sabu bi Boti" (born between 1925 and 1935). Compare E. Fischer/L. Homberger, 2014, p. 28 ff. Coiffure, form of eyes, laughing mouth, motif of horns curved downwards to the front, as well as figural superstructure - features that can be found with all of his masks.
H: 61 cm, H: 24,0 inch
GVR Archives Registration: 0113247
Lit.: Fischer, Eberhard & Lorenz Homberger, Afrikanische Meister, Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 2014, p. 28 ff.
Continent: Africa

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Mask with figural superstructure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro

Name: Mask with figural superstructure - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
SKU: 34921964
Price: 900 EUR
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