Masque anthropomorphe couronné d'un oiseau · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro / Yaure · ID: 3046510
Vendu
650 €
Provenance
Walter Stanley Schwab, Murten, Switzerland (“WS 361”)Description
wood, colour pigments, inscribed “porteurs de cadèvre”, collection label “350 A”
A comparable mask with this unusual disc-shaped framing of the face and the crowning bird motif can be found in the exhibition catalogue on Art from the Ivory Coast (Vevey, 1969, p. 135).
The mask belonged to the male “dié” society. At large festivals, in which several villages could participate, masks of this kind appeared in groups of up to ten dancers.
Littérature comparée
Rinsoz, Jean-Louis (Hg.), Die Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Vevey 1969, p. 135
Publications
AHDRC: 0170831