Miniature mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3048940
sold
EUR 1,100
Provenance
French CollectionSize
H: 6 cm
H: 2.4 inch
Description
copper alloy (bronze/ brass), base
Different ethnic groups of the Ivory Coast and Liberia produce miniature masks which are modelled on various “large” mask types.
This miniature mask is modelled on the type of the “ndoma” portrait mask and is characterised by particularly rich scarification.