A Baule/ Yaure mask, Ivory Coast, region Bouaflé, an oval, hollowed mask, with female figure on top, pierced through at the rim for attachment; blackened, shiny patina, traces of age and ritual use, provenance Amadou Bouaflé.

Lit.: Alain- Michel Boyer: Baule, Milano, 2008.
Carl Einstein, Negerplastik, (1915) München, 2. Auflage 1920.
Susan Mullin Vogel, Baule: African Art Western Eyes. In: African Arts, 
Vol. 30, No. 4, Special Issue, Part 2 (Autumn, 1997).

Amadou Bouaflé, during his performance 30.12.2019 in his house Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

800 - 900,- Euro

Height: 40 cm
Weight: 910 g