Facial Baglé Mask

Dan-Yacuba · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: MFANT-136

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Height
25 cm
Material
Wood and pigments.

It's a fun mask that appears at popular parties. He has fun bothering the audience and musicians by throwing things at them in order to amuse…

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It's a fun mask that appears at popular parties. He has fun bothering the audience and musicians by throwing things at them in order to amuse people. His eyes are round and lips, with an open mouth, highlighted. It can be assimilated to race masks, in which it can also participate. And because of the spice of red mask he wears in his eyes he resembles the masks zakpai.Red and yellow pigmentation in the eye orbits.

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Attributed period
Mid-century XX

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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