Details
A GURO MASK
Ivory Coast
With pierced slit eyes, the pierced open mouth with carved teeth, scalloped hairline, the coiffure surmounted by two birds with hatched wings facing each other with beaks almost touching, dark glossy patina with red and white painted embellishments.
14½ in. (37 cm.) high
Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York, 1954

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