Mask

29-12-133

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-12-133
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baule
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden mask colored black. Hair is parted into ten sections down to the ears. Eyebrows over slits for eyes, with slightly more carved definition around them. Group of six dot "scars" between the brows. Groups of twelve outside the eyes. Realistic nose and lips parted for a mouth. No chin to speak of.

Height 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number 122 - Other Number

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