Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3040839

Description

wood, light brown and blackish brown patina, kaolin, elongated narrow face with beautiful profile, crowned by elaborate high towering coiffure arranged in six lobes, beautiful detail: carved with a small ornamental comb on the backside, abundant scarification marks across the forehead and on the cheeks, typical “ngole” tattoos at the temples, drilled ear holes, crossbar backside for additionally fixing the mask with the teeth, slightly dam., minor missing parts, cracks, abrasion of paint, metal base

The object Portrait mask “ndoma” of the “mblo” group with the object ID 3040839 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 164 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,800.

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