A Guro double face mask of Guhitafla, Ivory Coast, surmouted by a female figure with an asymmetric hairdress, two oval, elongated fascial planes, the mouths pointed, the long noses extremly slender, very narrow eyes, a carved zigzag line indicates the the influence of Yaure elements, the strap for attaching the mask is still in place; natural dark brown surface, partly shiny. Certificate of origin and provenance. 

Lit.: Eberhard Fischer: Guro-Bildhauer. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 2014, p. 23-61; Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Maskengestalten der Guro, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1985.

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Height: 54 cm
Weight: 1,8 kg (incl. stand)