Mask

29-12-131

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-12-131
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Baule
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden mask colored black. Wide antlers curving in toward one another. Small animal ears just outside these at their base. Five small rectangular shapes line the top of the forehead. Delicate eyebrows with slits for eyes. Realistic nose. Mouth slightly open. Groups of six "scars" on either side of mouth, groups of four outside the eye slits.

Height 36 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number 04 - Cast Number

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