Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
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wood, handwritten inventory no., "4528 - V 209", base
"Gu" is a female being and is always carved "uanya iri nya", i. e. according to the image of "a beautiful young woman".
Her high-ranking position is indicated by hair that is tied up in a bunch, a high chignon adorned with an amulet. This amulet ("sa") consists of a band with a little leather pouch (often decorated with four ivory plates) that holds verses of the Koran.
H: 35 cm, H: 13,8 inch
Provenance:
Merton D. Simpson, New York City, USA
William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA
Exhibited:
Palos Verdes Art Gallery, 1947 (as a Youre mask); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972
AHDRC: 0060122
Continent: Africa
"Gu" is a female being and is always carved "uanya iri nya", i. e. according to the image of "a beautiful young woman".
Her high-ranking position is indicated by hair that is tied up in a bunch, a high chignon adorned with an amulet. This amulet ("sa") consists of a band with a little leather pouch (often decorated with four ivory plates) that holds verses of the Koran.
H: 35 cm, H: 13,8 inch
Provenance:
Merton D. Simpson, New York City, USA
William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA
Exhibited:
Palos Verdes Art Gallery, 1947 (as a Youre mask); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1972
AHDRC: 0060122
Continent: Africa
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Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" - Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
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