Facial Mask Anoman
Yaure · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MFAZ-30
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- Height
- 31 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Mask of the purest style yaohuré with a strong attack of the xylophages. Red face and black hair. Two birds topped their heads, of which they…
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Full original description
Mask of the purest style yaohuré with a strong attack of the xylophages. Red face and black hair. Two birds topped their heads, of which they remained no more than their feet. At the front and head there is a space that seems to have been occupied by a cup of offerings. The Yaohuré have been the great sculptors of western Ivory Coast, who have been able to impress on their works a difficult aesthetic qualities to match. In them has been inspired the ballet art that accuses a great resemblance.
Further technical information
- Width
- 17 cm
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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