GURO MASK, IVORY COAST

ZAMBLE

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GURO MASK, IVORY COAST
Zamble
Height: 36½ in. (92.5 cm.)

来源

Private Collection, The Netherlands
Gallery Lemaire (inv. R4188), Amsterdam, February 1989
Nils von der Heyde, Hamburg Ernst Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland, before 1994

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An early Guro zamble mask of unusual and rare form. Following a surrealistic composition, it represents a bushcow, from the horns to the eyes, and a panther below the eyes. The mask wearer was chosen from the best dancers of the clan. To fulfill his duties, he had to make offerings and sacrifices to the mask and respect a number of taboos. A closely related mask was exhibited in New York during the African Negro Art show of Weyhe Gallery in 1940 (fig. 4).