Master of the Bron-Guro
Double-face Mask with Female Figure

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Artist Master of the Bron-Guro(Ivoirian, active early 20th century)Ivoirian, active early 20th century

CultureGuro peoples

Titles

Double-face Mask with Female Figure

Datec. 1932

Made inIvory Coast

MediumWood, brass

Dimensions30 3/4 × 7 1/4 × 4 in. (78.1 × 18.4 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2015.10

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

203M Sterling Galleries

On view

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Department

African Art

Object Type

WOOD OBJECTS

ProvenanceViwoua (or Uwoua) Village, Ivory Coast; collected by unknown individual, 1932; collection of Mrs. Rampini, 1932; by inheritance to her heirs; [Alain de Monbrison, Paris, by 1997-2013]; Myron Kunin (1928-2013), Minneapolis, October 14, 1997–2013; [Sotheby's, New York, Sale N09225, "In Pursuit of Beauty: The Myron Kunin Collection of African Art," 11 November 2014, Lot 41]; MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition HistoryMusée Municipal du Château Saint-Jean, Nogent-le-Rotrou, "Arts premiers de Côte d'Ivoire," January 10 - March 2, 1997.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

old label on the reverse, inscribed in ink: "A 2 / Vitr. masque Initiation GOURO Uwoua 1932".

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