Guere War mask - Wood, horns and animal skin 

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Guere War mask - Wood, horns and animal skin
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Guere War mask - Wood, horns and animal skin
Guere War mask - Wood, horns and animal skin
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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
7660293
Area
Miscellaneous
Title
Guere War mask - Wood, horns and animal skin
Manufacturer / publisher
Collection / set
African Masks
Sub-set
Number in collection
Item
Masker
Year
1950
Dimensions
37 x 19 x 26 cm
Theme
Country / area
Ivory Coast
Language
Type
Number of pages
Person
Designer
Material
Hoorn, Wood
Colour
Black
Part
Details
GUERE - WAR mask ca. 1950. Ivory Coast. The mask had to look threatening to the enemy instill fear before the battle began and that they did! The horns add very much to that effect. Striking detail is further the edge animal skin around face, this one is age-determined Brought by an old colonial that had worked for a long time in the Belgian Congo, he was an engineer in the MALACHITE mining in the copper basin of upper KATANGA for the "Union Minière du Haut Katanga". With certificate with photo, age Declaration.