Guro elephant mask. Ivory Coast c.1950-60 Lot n° 264

Guro elephant mask. Ivory Coast c.1950-60 Measurements: 70cm high This beautifully carved Guro elephant mask represents the spirit of Gu, Zamble's wife; a supernatural being. Gu is often depicted as an animal. The Guro worship five: the antelope, the hyena, the leopard, the crocodile and the elephant. These are animals found mainly in the savannah and tropical forest where the tribe of 200,000 people live. Exhibitions: 2022 - 2024 - Fuerteventura Island "African Art: Ancestral Light" La Entallada Lighthouse. Fuerteventura Town Hall. 2021 - 2022 - Panama City. Government of Panama. "African Art: the spirit of the ancestors" Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Old Town. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. "Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent" Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de La Palma. Caja Canarias Foundation. "Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent." Massieu House. Santa Cruz de la Palma. 2013 - 2015 - Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (MADAO) La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 2005 --------- "Black Africa" Leather Museum. Vic - Barcelona. 2004 .......... "Black Africa" Caixa Laietana Foundation. Barcelona Main exhibition hall.