Null Gouro mask, Ivory Coast.
Wood with dark brown to black patina.
(Accidents).…
Description

Gouro mask, Ivory Coast. Wood with dark brown to black patina. (Accidents). Height : 34 cm Anthropozoomorphic face with beautiful proportions, the eyes slit under fine eyebrows whose design corresponds to the scarifications described on the cheeks. The straight nose surmounts a delicate mouth half-opened on teeth filed according to the style's canons. Inscribed at the top of the high forehead are two large horns with converging tips.

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Gouro mask, Ivory Coast. Wood with dark brown to black patina. (Accidents). Height : 34 cm Anthropozoomorphic face with beautiful proportions, the eyes slit under fine eyebrows whose design corresponds to the scarifications described on the cheeks. The straight nose surmounts a delicate mouth half-opened on teeth filed according to the style's canons. Inscribed at the top of the high forehead are two large horns with converging tips.

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