Guro masks

The Guro people were originally called "Kweni", but  were given the Baule name Guro by the invading French colonisers. Guro Art is elegant.
Their artistic output is dominated by masks carved with elongated faces, concave profiles and slanted eyes. They have a few regional styles of Masks,each one though colorful has distinct characters and a unique way of incorporating human and animal forms in some of their unique masks.