Yohure Face Mask
Face Mask
Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Central Côte d’Ivoire is characterized by cultural assimilation and adoption. Connections can be seen in masquerades and in composite mask forms. Here, masks often blend human and animal features, and the depiction of elephant traits is a recurring theme. Yaure peoples associated elephant masks with a cult called Dye, and they appear when important sacrifices have to be made.
Catalogued by Cleveland Museum of Art as “Face Mask”, dated early 1900s. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
Record
| People / culture | Yohure |
|---|---|
| Country | Côte d'Ivoire |
| Common name | Face Mask |
| Form category | Face mask |
| Subject depicted | Elephant |
| Materials | Wood, paint, and colorant |
| Dimensions | Overall: 31.7 cm (12 1/2 in.) |
Provenance
Harry Franklin, Los Angeles (by 1965)
Katherine White Reswick, by purchase from the above (1965–71)
| Collection | Cleveland Museum of Art |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 1971.296 |
Source
Cleveland Museum of Art, Face Mask, accession 1971.296. https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.296
https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.296
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