Mask - Wood - Baule - Ivory Coast

A Baule / Yaure mask, Ivory Coast, region Bouaflé, village Toumoukro, of oval hollowed form, a pointed mouth beneath a slender, slightly concave vaulted nose framed by lowered eyelids, arching, patterned brows, scarification marks on the temples, zigzag patterns in bas-relief encircling the chin, wearing intricately incised coiffure, surmounted by two Kalao, pierced through at the rim for attachmen; dark brown patina, partly shiny, provenance Amadou Bouaflé. Amadou Bouaflé, during his performance 30. 12. 2019 in his house Abidjan, Ivory Coast (Last photo) . Lit. : Susan M. Vogel: Baule: African Art Western Eye, 1997.