Female Face Mask (Gu)

Arts of Africa

Early 20th century

Guro
Côte d’Ivoire
Coastal West Africa

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Artist: Guro
Title: Female Face Mask (Gu)
Origin: Côte d'Ivoire
Date: 1900–1925
Medium: Wood and pigment
Dimensions: 31.8 × 13 × 9.8 cm (12 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Kate L. Brewster
Reference Number: 1950.154

Constantine Petridis et al., Speaking of Objects: African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2020), p. 79, fig. 1.

St. Paul, Minn., College of St. Catherine, African Art Exhibit, Feb. 14-Mar. 26, 1964.
Sheboygan, Wis., John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Apr. 2-June 5, 1969.
Woodlawn Branch Chicago Public Library, Children’s Project, Nov. 25-28, 1969.
Chicago, Ill., Illinois Bell Telephone Co., Substitute Faces, Oct. 2–Oct. 23, 1971, no cat.
Minneapolis, Minn., African American Cultural Arts Center, Masks of Africa, Feb. 11-Mar. 18, 1974.

Walter S. (died 1954) and Kate L. Brewster (died 1947), Chicago, Ill., by 1947; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1950.

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