Mask
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: BRN-137
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- Material
- Bronze
Passport mask elaborated by the procedure of lost wax, with profusion of details for such a small piece. It depicts an old man with a bearded…
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Full original description
Passport mask elaborated by the procedure of lost wax, with profusion of details for such a small piece. It depicts an old man with a bearded necklace that surrounds his face and chin. Brows formed by two rows of small sloping rhombuses and headdress forming an overlap of arcs of circumference. On the eyes, holes in semicircle, like eyebrows four overlapping semicircumferences that form one of the classical baulé-akan motifs.
These masks in addition to ornament had the same use as passport masks and were protective symbols. Acquired in Abidjan in the 1960s
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or older
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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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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