Lot 226
 

A Baule Janus mask, Mblo, Ivory Coast, each with inear carved coiffure, above a single braid on the right and double braid on the left, each with scarifications, the left face coloured red/brown heighlighted with white, the right coloured black, on a raised outer edge with four pierced holes, 30cm; and a Baule male portrait mask, Ndoma, a linear carved coifffure, above almond shaped eyes with straight eye slits, the cheeks and either side of the mouth with scarifications, above a pursed lips and a short beard, with zigzag carved sides and pierced outer edge, the eyes and lips heightened with kaolin, 30cm

A private West Yorkshire collection.

Sold for £50


 

A Baule Janus mask, Mblo, Ivory Coast, each with inear carved coiffure, above a single braid on the right and double braid on the left, each with scarifications, the left face coloured red/brown heighlighted with white, the right coloured black, on a raised outer edge with four pierced holes, 30cm; and a Baule male portrait mask, Ndoma, a linear carved coifffure, above almond shaped eyes with straight eye slits, the cheeks and either side of the mouth with scarifications, above a pursed lips and a short beard, with zigzag carved sides and pierced outer edge, the eyes and lips heightened with kaolin, 30cm

Provenance

A private West Yorkshire collection.

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