Mask Passport Zamblé

Guro · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: MPS-34

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Height
9 cm
Material
Wood and pigments.

Passport mask that mimics the style of the mask zamblé. It's a stylized war-related antelope mask. The animal represented in the zamblé mask is a guib…

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Passport mask that mimics the style of the mask zamblé. It's a stylized war-related antelope mask. The animal represented in the zamblé mask is a guib harnaché or bosbok. Large red eye orbits in which black pupils in relief stand out. Open mouth, time patina.

 

Further technical information
Width
22 cm
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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