Facial Mask
Yaure · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MFANT-163
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- Height
- 50 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Mask that presents the usual delicacy of strokes of the faces of masks yauré.the mask stands a so much finely sculpted. The mask features frontal scarifications.…
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Full original description
Mask that presents the usual delicacy of strokes of the faces of masks yauré.the mask stands a so much finely sculpted. The mask features frontal scarifications. It is bordered by the band that surrounds the face and chin, typical of the ethnic group, with triangular clanc and black drawings. White eyelids and dark patina in the rest of the piece.
Further technical information
- Width
- 21 cm
- Attributed period
- Years 60
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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