Masque portrait "ndoma" du groupe "mblo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3043973
Vendu
7 500 €
Provenance
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France (1960)Gallery Flak, Paris, France
Anita Schröder, Munich, Germany
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.
Littérature comparée
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 157
Publications
AHDRC: 0153558