A Guro mask, ivory coast, carved from a single piece of hardwood. The mask depicts a anthropomorphic elephant with a human-like face with tusks and a trunk. The mask features intersecting curved lines, a medial ridge, and a projecting mouth, all of which are stylistic features of Guro masks. Mounted a wood and metal stand. Height 32 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 8 cm. Previously of the Zoumana (Bamba) Traore collection, New York