Zemanek-Münster

Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group

Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
sold EUR 4,800
Provenance
Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
Sebastian 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

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