A Baule mask, Ivory Coast, of oval hollowed form, a stylized, small protruding mouth, a slender nose with prominent nostrils, pierced coffee-bean eyes surmounted by arched eyebrows, scarification marks on the forehead, temples, cheeks, above the bridge of the nose and at the corners of the mouth, the outline of the mask is surrounded by a carved zigzag line, pierced through at the rim for attachment, capped by an asymmetric headdress; blackened surface, traces of age and ritual use, incl. stand.

Lit.: Susan M. Vogel (Hrsg.): Baule: African Art Western Eyes; 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.

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Height: 36 cm
Weight: 1,4 kg