Mask - Wood - Baule - Ivory Coast
A Baule/ Yaure mask, Ivory Coast, region Bouaflé, an oval, hollowed mask, with female figure on top, pierced through at the rim for attachment; blackened, shiny patina, traces of age and ritual use, provenance Amadou Bouaflé. 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 (Last photo) .
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A Baule/ Yaure mask, Ivory Coast, region Bouaflé, an oval, hollowed mask, with female figure on top, pierced through at the rim for attachment; blackened, shiny patina, traces of age and ritual use, provenance Amadou Bouaflé. 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 (Last photo) .
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