A Yaur mask from the region Béoumie, of hollowed oval form, the chin with a pointed goatee, a pointed mouth beneath a slender nose with prominent nostrils, high arched brows, the eyebrows and the nose are connected in the middle by three scarification marks, pierced crescent-shaped eyes, scarification marks of varied forms on the cheek and on the temples, a vertical ridge in the center of the forehead, the mask is wearing an intricately incised coiffure, on the top of the head seven ornaments, the mask is pierced through at the rim for attachment; exceptionally fine reddish to brown patina with white pigments, traces of age and ritual use, incl. stand. Provenance Mr. Kaba Cabinet.

Lit.: Susan M. Vogel: Baule: African Art Western Eye, 1997, p. 169 (169-187); Bernard de Grunne: Über den Baule-Stil und seine Meister. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zurüch 2014, p. 81-106; Alain-Michel Boyer: Baule. Visions of Africa, Milan 2008.

700 - 800.- Euro

Height: 43 cm
Weight: 1.2 (incl. stand)