Facial mask Zauli

Guro · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: MFAZ-58

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Height
45 cm
Material
Wood and pigments.

The Guro In addition to great sculptors, they perfectly manage polychrome. A whole series of masks appear in the last years of colonization, thanks to the…

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The Guro In addition to great sculptors, they perfectly manage polychrome. A whole series of masks appear in the last years of colonization, thanks to the introduction of European paintings, specifically French, being at the time the Ripolín brand the most important, so that masks with abundant polychrome receive ironically the name of "Ripolín masks". His famous masks Zauli and Zamble Nor do they appear to be much earlier than the 1950s. This mask, with a dominant black and a red and yellow very cities, comes from the seventies. It depicts a woman with a male character mounted on a scimer, holding solidly with both hands the antelope horns that come out of the front of the mask. Despite representing a female face they are danced by men, in the Z danceauli.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Second half of the century XX

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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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