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THBAfrican Ivory Coast Gouro Carved Wood Tribal Mask
About Seller
522 South Pineapple Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
United States
Sarasota Estate Auction specializes in a wide variety of furniture, antiques, fine art, lighting, sculptures, and collectibles. Andrew Ford, owner and operator of the company, has a passion for finding the best pieces of art and antiques and sharing those finds with the Gulf Coast of Florida.
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About Auction
LiveJan 19, 2025
Over 800 lots will be offered in day 2 of our 2 day weekend. There are multiple lots of important fine art from landscapes and etchings to old masters and portraits. We have a collection of sterling silver, African artifacts, oriental rugs, Asian antiquities, a collection from the Ex Managing Director of the NYC Waldorf Astoria, and more! Sarasota Estate Auction sarasotaestateauction@gmail.com
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- Lot Description
African Ivory Coast Gouro Carved Wood Tribal Mask.
Size: 9 x 16 x 9 1/4 in.
#4695 .
The Gouro (or Gur or Guro) are a tribe in the Ivory Coast of Africa. Like many tribes of the region they originally came from the north and northwest, driven by the collapse of the Mali Empire and the Mande invasion in the 18th Century. Their split from the other Senufo people during this time put them at greater odds with the other Mande-speaking tribes of the region, and resulted in them being more isolated, although they did engage in the slave trade and borrowed elements of their neighbors caste systems and art styles. They were forcibly united with several other groups under the banner of the Baule queen Abla Pokou around 1730, although they frequently clashed with their neighboring tribes and eventually broke away when most of the area was annexed into French West Africa in 1893. More militant than their primarily agrarian neighbors, they won several battles and were able to maintain their freedom longer, eventually falling under French colonial rule by 1912. Due to their prolonged resistance they were often tortured and treated more harshly, as a warning to the other tribes. This resulted in some fractionation within the tribe, and their place in modern Ivory Coast society reflects this. Despite their troubles, their art is considered exemplary in the West African style, as they include aspects of the prevalent animism into their works but often create masks and figures of a much wider variety of animals, not just the most frequently worshipped creatures. Their defining characteristic is the eschewing of elaborate hair or hat designs atop the humanoid faces in place of extremely long or unique horn, ear, and even antennae protrusions, with especially respected carvers showcasing this talent to great lengths and extremes. In modern times, the Gouro have been the most successful in crafting these masks for tourists and markets outside of Africa, thanks in part to their significant diversity.
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9 x 16 x 9 1/4 in.
