A Baule face mask, region Sakassou, Ivory Coast, of hollowed oval form, the oval mouth showing baring teeth, a slender nose upraising to high arched brows, circular tube-like eyes, scarification marks of varied geometrical motifs on the forehead, temples and at the corners of the mouth, the face capped by a striated domed coiffure with a pointed ornament in the front, around the chin displaying a zigzag line, the mask pierced through at the rim for attachment; fine brown patina, traces of ritual use and age, several cracks. Provenance Mohamed Belo Garba.

Lit.: Susan M. Vogel: Baule: African Art Western Eye, 1997; Bernard de Grunne: Über den Baule-Stil und seine Meister. In: Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zurüch 2014, p. 81-106; Alain-Michel Boyer: Baule. Visions of Africa, Milan 2008.

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Height: 38 cm
Weight: 1,1 kg