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