A Baule mask, Ivory Coast, of hollow oval form, a pointed mouth beneath a slender straight nose, pierced eyes with lowered eyelids, the eye region painted white, arching brows, scarification marks on the temples, wearing an intricately incised coiffure, on the top of the head two Kalao (Hornbill) birds, pierced through at the rim for attachment; dark brown patina, partly shiny.

Lit.: Alain- Michel Boyer: Baule, Milano, 2008. Carl Einstein, Negerplastik, (1915) München, 2. Auflage 1920. Susan Mullin Vogel, Baule: African Art Western Eyes. In: African Arts, Vol. 30, No. 4, Special Issue, Part 2 (Autumn, 1997). Eberhard Fischer/Lorenz Homberger: Afrikanische Meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, Zurüch 2014.

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Height: 38 cm
Weight: 1,1 kg