Face mask of the "mblo" group · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3034872
French Private Collection, Paris
Description
wood, rich slightly shiny blackish brown patina, traces of kaolin, a fine grooved hairdo, in bow-shaped contour separated from the facial plane, which shows regular facial features with a delicate nose, reduced skin scarification marks, slightly dam. (coiffure), cracks backside;
masks of the “mblo” group have no ritual meaning, they just perform for entertainment. They represent beautiful woman or girls from the village and can be said to have portrayal character.
The object Face mask of the “mblo” group with the object ID 3034872 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 169.
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