African mask Yaure tribe Ivory Coast Circa 1950 Johan Robert Thegerström

Johan Robert Thegerström

Rare model made of brass suspended by an adjustable chain

very rare setPekka Turtiainen

t Petersburg

circular glazed relief in green-turquoise colors

African mask Yaure tribe Ivory Coast Circa 1950 Johan Robert ThegerströmAfrican mask from Yaure tribe in Ivory Coast Circa 1950. Beautiful dark patina. Depth : 12 cm Width : 24 cm Height : 66 cm. Swedish private collection, from the 1980s then inherited within the family. Yaure tribe art is renowned for its delicacy and refinement. This superb mask is characterized by the purity of its lines and the powerful expression of its face. The best known Yaoure masks depict human faces composed of zoomorphic elements. They belong