Yaure mask | Die society
A fine Yaure, with a strong expression coming from a Dutch collection. Yaure masks are to be differentiated from the Baule by the triangular decorations.
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YAURE MASK
Central Ivory Coast
With pierced crescent slit eyes below slender brows in relief, keloids to each
temple, pierced zigzag border to the face and small beard below, half circles bordered by triangles ridge in relief to the center of the forehead, shaped
hairline in relief below two curved and incised horns, and a bird on the
top, holes on the side to fix on a fiber costume, dark black patina with
brown underlying colored wood. Fine patina inside the mask and natural
worn use. (more images below the page)
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) high
Provenance : Peter Westerdijk, the Netherlands.
Among the Yaure, Guro, and Baule peoples, masks often blend human and animal features. Among the southwestern Guro and neighboring Yaure, bird, elephant and other animal masks are associated with a cult called Dye or Gye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made.
Yaure Masks Bibliography:
This mask has much similarities to the one published on the cover of Baule: Visions of Africa Series (Visions of Africa)
Related books :
Baule: Visions of Africa Series (Visions of Africa)
~ Alain-Michel Boyer
Arts premiers de Cote d'Ivoire
African Faces, African Figures: The Arman Collection
. Pages 83, 259. New York, NY: Museum for African Art, 1997
Old & finelly carved Yaure Mask.
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