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African Tribal Face Mask Wood Hand Carved Wall Large Gouro Gu mask-2841

$ 31.67

Availability: 17 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1600-1900
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Liberia
  • Modified Item: No
  • Culture: African
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Condition: Gouro Gu mask

    Description

    Gouro Gu mask-36/20 CM
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    60 $
    Previous price 140$
    Gouro Gu mask-36/20 CM
    African Guro mask showing a narrow face topped with an amulet as was customary among Guro masks women. This mask was used with Zamble masks and Zaouli masks , but is no longer used today. ("Guro", ed. 5Continents, pl.13) Reddish brown matte patina. Abrasions and lack on the internal contour. br /> Among the Mande group in the south, central Ivory Coast, on the banks of the Bandama, the Gouro are organized into lineages, and are the western neighbors of the Baule who have borrowed several features from their African tribal art creations. Animists, they have used since the 1950s a family of masks associated with the Zaouli dance. Indeed like the African Goli masks of the Baule, the set of Guro masks, relating to the genies of nature, comes in two zoomorphic masks followed by a third anthropomorphic one, which is considered the wife of the zamblé mask, the Gu
    SIZE OF THE MASK
    36/20 CM
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    Condition
    SOLD WHITOT THE STAND
    Material
    An original patina covers the item
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    Location
    Purchase 3 items and receive one stand worth $ 40 as a gift
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    African Guro mask showing a narrow face topped with an amulet as was customary among Guro masks women. This mask was used with Zamble masks and Zaouli masks , but is no longer used today. ("Guro", ed. 5Continents, pl.13) Reddish brown matte patina. Abrasions and lack on the internal contour. br /> Among the Mande group in the south, central Ivory Coast, on the banks of the Bandama, the Gouro are organized into lineages, and are the western neighbors of the Baule who have borrowed several features from their African tribal art creations. Animists, they have used since the 1950s a family of masks associated with the Zaouli dance. Indeed like the African Goli masks of the Baule, the set of Guro masks, relating to the genies of nature, comes in two zoomorphic masks followed by a third anthropomorphic one, which is considered the wife of the zamblé mask, the Gu
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