Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3043973
sold
EUR 7,500
Provenance
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1960)Gallery Flak, Paris, France
Anita Schröder, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, base
Most “mblo” portrait masks can be recognized by their facial features, their hairstyles and their scarifications as depictions of known men and women of a village community - even if there is no likeness according to our western conception of a portrait.
The object Portrait mask “ndoma” of the “mblo” group with the object ID 3043973 was part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction on July 7, 2018. The object with the lot number 181 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,500 with an asking price of EUR 3,500.
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Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 157
Publications
AHDRC: 0153558