Guro Mask

African guro masks from central Ivory Coast
This monoxyle sculpture depicts a smiling female face with a tambourine hairstyle. That
Dark and beige tones and plum highlights on the face enhance the space.
Under the Mande Group in the south, in the center of Côte d’Ivoire, on the banks of the Bandama River,
Gouro is organized into lineages to form the western neighbor of Baoulé that owns it
Borrowed some of the features of their creations. Animists, they used a series of masks
Associated with dy Zaouli. In fact, like Baoulé’s African Goli masks, all Guro masks are related
The genius of nature, with two humanoid masks, followed by a third anthropomorphic mask, namely
The woman believed to be the mask Zamblé, Gu. Gu, whose function is to ward off evil, represents a kind of
Young women with The Guro-specific beauty standards, especially facial scars and liners
teeth. By singing Zambre, gu is in harmony with the sound of the flute
beautiful. Dancers dressed in colorful fabrics and vegetable fibers, with
The pleochroism of masks and performing various acrobatics in front of attentive audiences. corresponding
When Masks No Longer, Authors Fisher and Homberger in “The Art of the Ivory Coast”
To attract public interest, it was left with a new copy.