African mask African Wooden Hand Carved Vintage Wall Mask African Art Face Guro Mask-4399

40.3/18.2 CM
Beautiful Woman In all aspects, this Gu mask reflects characteristics of ideal beauty amongst the Guro. Her skin is red, which is the color associated with women. Her teeth are filed and hair neatly coiffed as sign that she is cultivated, not part of the natural, wild world. Her sloping forehead, gracefully arching brows and downcast eyes further aspects of her refined character as seen in her physical attributes. In her discussion of a very closely related mask of Gu in the collection of the Barbier-Mueller Museum,