Yohoure portrait mask
Artistic conception of Ivory Coast
I am offering you here a mask from Côte d'Ivoire with a remarkable aesthetic. Very refined, this mask presents features balanced with the classic typology of Yohouré art. Around the edge, a crenellated beard. At the top of the mask, there is a zoomorphic representation. Traditional Yohouré and Baoulé masks often feature elements such as animals, horns or appendages on their top.
Yohouré and Baoulé artistic conceptions are admired worldwide although their traditions differ. Several types of masks exist and fulfilled very different roles: royal portraits, agrarian rites, initiations, fetishism, ... Nowadays, masks still dance in Ivory Coast but with a much more festive purpose while retaining an ancestral soil. traditional.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Circa 1960
- Size
- 32 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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Artistic conception of Ivory Coast
I am offering you here a mask from Côte d'Ivoire with a remarkable aesthetic. Very refined, this mask presents features balanced with the classic typology of Yohouré art. Around the edge, a crenellated beard. At the top of the mask, there is a zoomorphic representation. Traditional Yohouré and Baoulé masks often feature elements such as animals, horns or appendages on their top.
Yohouré and Baoulé artistic conceptions are admired worldwide although their traditions differ. Several types of masks exist and fulfilled very different roles: royal portraits, agrarian rites, initiations, fetishism, ... Nowadays, masks still dance in Ivory Coast but with a much more festive purpose while retaining an ancestral soil. traditional.