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Stand for Guru's mask designed by penitent ethnopsychiatrist. |
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Click on the picture for a larger view. |
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Oak, brass, dead electronics, porcelain and guru mask. H.250, W.80, D.141 cm (1982).
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Dr. Jonathan Dickinson, a top-flight American ethnopsychiatrist, was
the possessor of this Gourou ritual mask He designed an unusual anthropomorphic
stand for it which featured a creation whose cock took the form of the
barrel of a Colt .45. Discouraged by the harsh criticism offered by the
official experts in African art, he subsequently became a priest.
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