Superb Yaure Mask

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Superb Yaure Mask

Ivory Coast

High 35 cm.

Wood, iron stand

P R O V E N A N C E:  Old French collection

Superb Yaure Mask, finely carved of hollow form and pierced around the edges, the flat face with thin slit eyes beneath lovely lids, a long thin nose and diminutive slit mouth, a beard and with a bird standing on head and with elongated beak reaches down and intersects the forehead of the mask. Holes to sides used for attaching the dance costume.