Guro Mask

Ivory Coast

Early - Mid 20th c

15 inches high x 6 inches wide

Ex: Washington D.C. collection

$ 1,500

Inv. # 3762

A fine Guro Gu mask depicting the ideal beauty of a woman with a narrow face, high domed forehead, scarification and filed teeth.  The face projects from a deep wooden collar with the dancer's costume still attached.  The braided hair forms a topknot with a leather pouch amulet called Sene, that has verses of the Koran. These masks were danced during funeral ceremonies and considered sacred for protecting young wives.

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