Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3039643
sold
EUR 4,800
Provenance
Michael Rhodes, New York, USASebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, small remains of red and white pigment, triangular face with flat chin, crowned by a pair of flat horns, nearly closed lids with narrow see slits underneath, band tattoos and raised zigzag-scarifications, slightly dam., minor missing parts (nose, zigzag-scarifications, rim backside), abrasion of paint, fine cracks, rep. (left horntip), base;
for a mask of the same workshop see Segy, 1976, ill. 67.
Comparing literature
Segy, Ladislas, Masks of Black Africa, New York 1976, ill. 67