Mask Passport
Guro · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MPS-33
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- Height
- 26 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Passport mask of anthropozoomorphic appearance. the nose is or elongated vertical rectangle formed by 28 small squares in relief and the mouth is a small horizontal…
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Full original description
Passport mask of anthropozoomorphic appearance. the nose is or elongated vertical rectangle formed by 28 small squares in relief and the mouth is a small horizontal rectangle with the same drawing of squares inside. The round and red eyes. Curiosamante the mask has pairs of ears, a pair at the height and shape of the human ones and another pair at the top that wears an antelope front whose horns could resemble the bosbok or guib harnaché. The polychrome is varied, red, white and blue that stand out over the black of the mask.
Further technical information
- Width
- 11 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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