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n° 346
Titre : Baule Style Mask
Medium : Carved for tourist market, the larger than lifesize mask is of an elongated form, with decorative coiffure in partitioned plaits, open crescentic eyeholes with sloping lids highlighted by white encrusted pigment. Below is a long thin nose, with small protruding lips below, and beneath chin a flat beard with incised texture. Custom base. This item was vetted out of our Fine Tribal Art auction.
Dimensions : 15H
Provenance : Gordon Foster collection, NYC.