Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
not available anymore
Provenance
Swedish Private Collection (1950’s/1960’s)Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, softly luminous reddish and dark brown patina, elaborate work of carving with fine grooved coiffure and nearly ornamentally designed facial features, beautiful detail: delicate curved eyebrows, slightly dam., missing parts backside at the rim, cracks at the same place