Mask - Wood - Zamblé - Guro - Côte d'Ivoire

It is available a "Zamble" mask of the Guro tribe from the Ivory Coast. Half a man, half animal. "Zamble" is a mythical hybrid creature, consisting on a human, a crocodile, an antelope and a leopard. More precisely: "Zamble" consists of a half human face with round framed and cut-out eyes. It represents one of the horns of a bushbuck antelope with the addition of a crocodile mouth. It is one of three types of masks known as "yu". Zamble is male and austere, the high forehead with tattoos is a tribe feature. These masks always appear during important festivals, initiations, weddings and especially at funerals and festivals that remind the dead. This item will be carefully packed and shipped with tracking code.