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Baule (Côte d'Ivoire)MaskWood, vine, pigmentHeig

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Ethnographic Start Price:11,000.00 USD Estimated At:22,500.00 - 23,500.00 USD
Baule (Côte d'Ivoire)MaskWood, vine, pigmentHeig
<B>Baule (Côte d'Ivoire)</B></I><BR>Mask<BR>Wood, vine, pigment<BR>Height: 10 ½ inches Width: 7 3/8 inches Depth: 5 inches<BR><BR>This example shows the careful attention to carving and presentation of the coiffure and the delicate scaling of facial features which are favored Baule characteristics. “The subject of a portrait, most often a woman, sees herself impersonated by a man dancing 'like a woman' and wearing a mask that is her double and namesake.” (Susan Mullin Vogel. <I>Baule. African Art Western Eyes,</B></I> New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997, p.168). These masks are “usually a portrait of a particular known individual … The idealized faces are introspective, with the high foreheads of intellectual enlightenment and the large downcast eyes of respectful presence in the world” (<I>op. cit.,</B></I> p. 141). Though overall in good condition, there is minor old separation at the top center of the hairdress, as well as on two proper left coiffure elements.<BR><BR>Provenance: Joan Barist Primitive Art, New York<BR>Galeria Flak, Paris<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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