"Small Mask - Baoulé Culture, Ivory Coast - First Half Of The 20th Century "
Small MASK Baule culture, Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Copper alloy
H. 5.5 ; L. 4.8 cm
Small model showing a face seen from the front with particularly drooping cheeks, decorated with geometric scarification marks. The almond-shaped eyes are surrounded by cross-hatched bands - a motif repeated in the eyebrows. The entire periphery is punctuated with short incised excrescences.
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Catalogue number: 4541