Object Details
- Label Text
- Dye is the sacred mask ensemble of the southern Guro. This mask is one of a series of animal masks creatures of the forests, who wear costumes of plant fiber. According to field research published by the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, this mask represents Du, the buffalo. This mask is painted black for the black buffalo; others are red.
- Description
- Wood buffalo mask with open mouth, oval ears undeer wide flat curved horns. Painted black with white muzzle, eyelids and ears.Insect damage
- Provenance
- Kent E. Schiner, - to 1971
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Guro artist
- Date
- Mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Kent E. Schiner
- Medium
- Wood, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 46 x 23.8 x 17.1 cm (18 1/8 x 9 3/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Mask
