Baoule Mblo Kpwan Ple mask - SOLD OUT
Outgoing mask during Mblo entertainment dances
Complex hood in several lobes. Beard in projection supported by a game of geometric contrast. Temporal and frontal scarifications.
For the sculptor, it is forbidden to stray from the line of solidly established archetypes. The masked ceremony is primarily intended for the souls of the lost ancestors who play the role of mediators with the unrepresented higher entities. In Baoulé masks, red and black are the colors of life, death, renewal and power.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 48 x 23 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection France
- Condition
- Excellent
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Outgoing mask during Mblo entertainment dances
Complex hood in several lobes. Beard in projection supported by a game of geometric contrast. Temporal and frontal scarifications.
For the sculptor, it is forbidden to stray from the line of solidly established archetypes. The masked ceremony is primarily intended for the souls of the lost ancestors who play the role of mediators with the unrepresented higher entities. In Baoulé masks, red and black are the colors of life, death, renewal and power.