Horned mask of the "je" group ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure · ID: 3036864

Description

wood, black patina, red pigment, regular facial features, framed by a zigzag-beard, crowned by a massive pair of horns, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
the Yaure form a kind of “seamless” transition between Guro and Baule in the style of their art works. Only few figures of the Yaure are known, but a number of masks with great similarities to those of the Baule, making them often very hard to differentiate. One characteristic however, is the often carved dented framing of the face, which is otherwise rare to be seen on Baule masks.

The object Horned mask of the “je” group with the object ID 3036864 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 227.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 620