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.
Comparing literature
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 157
Publications
AHDRC: 0153558