Mask of the "mblo" group · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3036510
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Size
H: 47,5 cm
H: 18.7 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, an oval vaulted base, the actual mask face superimposed, regular facial features with scarifications and a high tapering coiffure with fine dotted ornamentation, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask of the “mblo” group with the object ID 3036510 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 183.
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Comparing literature
David, Jean, Baule, Zürich 2001, p. 45