A hollowed Yaure / Baule mask, a pointed mouth beneath a long slender nose, framed by heavy lidded eyes, scarification marks on the eyebrows, temples and forehead, the typical zick-zack-line from ear to ear and a skillful elaborated coiffure with a Kalao bird resting on the top of the head; dark brown surface, incl. stand.

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.

700- 900,- Euro

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