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DESCRIPTION
This item is part of a Australian
collection. Most items were collected during the 1970s in the
feild in New Guinea and Indonesia.
Some were purchased by the collector during the 1980s
and 90s at Sotheby's and Lawsons auctions in Sydney Australia. I
have included a couple of pictures of the collector on location
in the 1970s.
Guro-Yaure
Spirit Mask
- Size: approx. 16"
high (40cm)
- Material: Carved
wood
- Age: 19th Century
- Condition: good,
minor damage to crest
Farmer
Spirit
These are
among the most mysterious -- and most beautiful - masks in
Africa. Anthropologists have yet to
penetrate the secret societies which regulate so much of Guro
daily life. However the Guro and the Yaure, like the Baule,
with whom they share an artistic tradition, believe strongly
in protective spirits. These masks are worn by secret
societies to invoke the power of human-animal creatures that
they believe influence the fertility of the soil, healthy
crops, etc.
This
particular mask may represent and animal-human hybrid, but it
is more likely to be a farmer-spirit, who wears an
agricultural implement on his crest. The expression is serene
and beautiful.
A very old mask with a fine
grey-brown patina, has seen ritual use.
This was part of an ethnographic
collection assembled by the late F.P. Macleod-Selkirk and his
father. The collection was begun in 1900 and many of the
pieces date to the 19th Century.
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