Baule Mblo mask
Festive masks in Ivory Coast
Imposing African mask carved in dense wood. This traditional mask from Ivory Coast comes more exactly from the Baoulé ethnic group. The Baoulé artists are recognized among the other primitive arts of Africa for their very naturalistic and aesthetic artistic corpus considered as the achievement in terms of sculptural mastery.
We find the face with well-balanced features, the elongated bridge of the nose extending into symmetrical eyebrow arches. The cap is composed of several lobes and striated. Scarifications are visible on the forehead, the temples and on both sides of the mouth.
There are several types of masks among the Baoulé: some are effigies of ancestors sculpted to order, others are anonymous. The mblo mask that I propose to you here came out on the occasion of village festivities related to harvests, funeral ceremonies and initiations.
Baoulé art is quite close to that of the Yohouré and the Gouro in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 45 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection France
- Condition
- Very good
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Festive masks in Ivory Coast
Imposing African mask carved in dense wood. This traditional mask from Ivory Coast comes more exactly from the Baoulé ethnic group. The Baoulé artists are recognized among the other primitive arts of Africa for their very naturalistic and aesthetic artistic corpus considered as the achievement in terms of sculptural mastery.
We find the face with well-balanced features, the elongated bridge of the nose extending into symmetrical eyebrow arches. The cap is composed of several lobes and striated. Scarifications are visible on the forehead, the temples and on both sides of the mouth.
There are several types of masks among the Baoulé: some are effigies of ancestors sculpted to order, others are anonymous. The mblo mask that I propose to you here came out on the occasion of village festivities related to harvests, funeral ceremonies and initiations.
Baoulé art is quite close to that of the Yohouré and the Gouro in Côte d'Ivoire.