Nahoua Yeo Quattara was desribed as a grounded and solid man by Karl-Heinz Krieg, who met him 1973 in Nafoun. The name is also spelled Yéo Ouattara. Nahoua is a Koulé who carved his masks in the traditional Senufo style. He learned carving from his father Zamango Quattara. This mask shows the Kapok fruit on top, a symbol and signature of the Koulé.
Nafoun became, beside Ouézomon and Korhogo, one of the carving centres of the Senufo in the last century.
Kpelié mask, carved by Nahoua Yeo Quattara (Yéo Ouattara), Koulé from Nafoun.
*1934 +2013.
Collected by Karl-Heinz Krieg 1990 in Zangaha next to Boundiali.
Time of origin between 1950 and 1960.
26,5 x 13,0 x 8,0 cm, wood.
Published:
- Wenn Brauch Gebrauch beeinflusst, Markus Ehrhard, page 110 - 111.
Der menschliche Körper ist von der Wissenschaft bis in das Kleinste erfroscht. Dabei wird in der Betrachtungsart immer vergrößert. Betrachtet man den Mensch in diesem Prosess im Ganzen, so erkennt man offene Lücken und Spalten.
The human body is scientificly selected into bits and pieces. The more you go into details, the more you lose the view of the whole thing. Gaps and cracks appear.
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