Face Mask
- Artist Culture
- Yaure artist
- Date
- first half 20th century
- Material
- Wood, pigment
- associated with
- Marahoué region, Western Africa and the Guinea Coast, Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
- Classification
- Costume & clothing, masks
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 117
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 5 1/4 in. (38.7 x 16.8 x 13.3 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Vladimir Golschmann in memory of Vladimir Golschmann, Conductor Emeritus, Saint Louis Symphony, active conductor 1931 to 1958
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 250:1972
NOTES
This mask was made by the same artist as 251:1972. The full, curving horns, the delicate incising of the coiffures, and the scalloped fringes that run from ears to chins and end in goatees are clearly carved by the same hand. The artist must have been admired by many important patrons, for such masks were commissioned by individuals to be created in their ideal likenesses. These portrait masks were performed at funerals and on other occasions that called for entertainment and amusement.
Provenance
c.1952
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
c.1952 - 1972
Vladimir and Odette Golschmann, St. Louis, MO, USA; Paris, France, purchased from Charles Ratton [1]
1972 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Odette Golschmann in memory of her husband, Vladimir Golschmann [2]
Notes:
[1] In a letter dated December 4, 1972 to Emily Rauh of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Odette Golschmann stated she and her husband "owned these Baule masks [250:1972 and 251:1972] for more than twenty years...bought at Charles Ratton in Paris" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated December 20, 1972 from Charles E. Buckley, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, to Mrs. Golschmann acknowledges the gift of this object with 251:1972 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 12, 1972.
Charles Ratton, Paris, France
c.1952 - 1972
Vladimir and Odette Golschmann, St. Louis, MO, USA; Paris, France, purchased from Charles Ratton [1]
1972 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Odette Golschmann in memory of her husband, Vladimir Golschmann [2]
Notes:
[1] In a letter dated December 4, 1972 to Emily Rauh of the Saint Louis Art Museum, Odette Golschmann stated she and her husband "owned these Baule masks [250:1972 and 251:1972] for more than twenty years...bought at Charles Ratton in Paris" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated December 20, 1972 from Charles E. Buckley, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum, to Mrs. Golschmann acknowledges the gift of this object with 251:1972 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, December 12, 1972.