Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3040413

Description

wood, rich dark brown patina, of narrow form with elongated nose bridge and slightly asymmetrical arranged eyes, projecting small mouth nearly situated at the tip of the chin, raised scarification marks on temples and cheeks, eye-catching skewness of the coiffure (two lobes to the right and three to the left side of the middle lobe), two drilled holes for attachment, old collection label backside: “206. Tanzmaske der Baoule-Gouro Elfenbein Küste”, inscribed at the same place: “V 6477” (Vömel), slightly dam., scratches, vertical crack under left eye, place of restoration and missing parts at the lower rim on the left, abrasion of paint (forehead, nose), beautiful aged patina

The object Portrait mask “ndoma” of the “mblo” group with the object ID 3040413 was part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction on May 28, 2016. The object with the lot number 166 achieved a sales price of EUR 12,000 with an asking price of EUR 6,000.

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Publications

Galerie Alex Vömel (ed.), Negerkunst, Düsseldorf 1955, n.p.

AHDRC: 0129954

Exhibition

Galerie Alex Vömel, Negerkunst, Düsseldorf June-August 1955