A Guro mask, Ivory Coast, between Senfra and Bouaflé region, of oval hollowed form, in a drop shaped, a wide open mouth beneath a narrow nose framed by bulging slit eyes, ending up in high arched brows, scarification marks underneath the eyes, big circular ears, grooved hairline surmounted with a female figure attached to curved horns, pierced through at the rim for attachment; brown to reddish surface, traces of age and ritual use, cracks, provenance Amadou Bouaflé.

Amadou Bouaflé, during his performance on 30.12.2019 in his house in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Lit.: Eberhard Fischer: Guro-Bildhauer. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste,Zurüch 2014, p. 23-61.

800 - 900,- Euro

Height: 58 cm
Weight: 1,4 kg