African mask African Tribal Face Mask Wood Hand Carved Vintage Wall Hanging guro masks for wall-6426

34.5/15.5 cm
African Tribal Face Mask Wood Hand Carved Vintage Wall Hanging guro
The face of this African Hand-carved African wooden mask yaure tinted with a slightly abraded polychromy is surmounted by apelike figures. This anthropo-zoomorphic Hand-carved African wooden mask evokes the zamble mask of the Guros mask . The Yaouré mask are a sub-group of the Akan people present in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Geographically close to the Baoulé and the Gouros, we can read in yogurt art the influence of these ethnic groups through attention to detail and aesthetics. The Hand-carved African wooden mask of African art Yaouré ,Hand-carved African wooden mask or Yauré Hand-carved African wooden mask, are divided into two groups that are difficult to differentiate, the je , or dié, sometimes with the addition of colored pigments, and lo , generally with a dark patina, which intervene during funeral ceremonies or any other rite in order to win the favors of the "Yu" spirits The Baule masks people live in the central region of Côte d’Ivoire. Baule masks like this one, would have represented a specific individual. The Baule masks people frequently utilize red paint on their carvings which masks represents the introduction and admiration of red cloth after colonization..