african figure masks Wooden African art -Guru Africa Tribe Hand carved mask-4457

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african figure masks Wooden African art -Guru Africa Tribe Handcarved-31/16.6 CM
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african figure masks Wooden African art -Guru Africa Tribe Handcarved-31/16.6 CM
Among the Mande group in the south, in central Côte d'Ivoire, on the banks of the Bandama, the Gouro are organised into lineages, and are the western neighbours of the Baoule who have borrowed several features from their African tribal art creations. As early as 1906 the French colonists changed their name "Kwéni" to "Gouro". Animists, they use since the 50s a family of masks associated with the Zaouli dance. Indeed, like the African Goli masks of the Baoulé, the Guro masks, which are linked to the genies of nature, are made up of two zoomorphic masks followed by a third anthropomorphic mask, which is considered to be the wife of the Zaouli mask, the Gu. These masks are the property of families practising the cult of lineage ancestors, who use them ritually and sacrificially to attract divine blessings. Priests and diviners share the predominant ritual functions among the Guro. The secret associations worship the genies of nature, through the masks in which the spirits are supposed to reside. Their protective spirits called zuzu were worshipped through statues placed on altars. The gu, gye and dye masks, in the hands of notables, are only displayed during major funerals or the enthronement of a chief.
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31/16.6 CM
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SOLD without THE STAND
Material
An original patina covers the item
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Among the Mande group in the south, in central Côte d'Ivoire, on the banks of the Bandama, the Gouro are organised into lineages, and are the western neighbours of the Baoule who have borrowed several features from their African tribal art creations. As early as 1906 the French colonists changed their name "Kwéni" to "Gouro". Animists, they use since the 50s a family of masks associated with the Zaouli dance. Indeed, like the African Goli masks of the Baoulé, the Guro masks, which are linked to the genies of nature, are made up of two zoomorphic masks followed by a third anthropomorphic mask, which is considered to be the wife of the Zaouli mask, the Gu. These masks are the property of families practising the cult of lineage ancestors, who use them ritually and sacrificially to attract divine blessings. Priests and diviners share the predominant ritual functions among the Guro. The secret associations worship the genies of nature, through the masks in which the spirits are supposed to reside. Their protective spirits called zuzu were worshipped through statues placed on altars. The gu, gye and dye masks, in the hands of notables, are only displayed during major funerals or the enthronement of a chief.
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