Ivory Coast. Yaure people  Mask. Bird on top.

Traces of redrown pigmentation.  452  gr. -38x15x12 cm.

Extremely fine. Provenance Fall Elhadji.

The Yohure inhabit the central region of the Ivory Coast. The Yohure possess a strong sense of identity and have evolved a refined art. The Yohure decorate different everyday objects with figurative representations, but first of all their beautiful masks reveal their artistic abilities. Yohure masks  have an elongated face with a protruding mouth and pierced semi-circular eyes set under a high forehead. 

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