A FINE BAULE HELMET MASK, bonu amwin, carved teeth in the square open jaws, semicircular eyes flanking the slender nose, the curved horns above the ears almost meeting at the tips and flanking a smaller projection, a small panel attached to the lower jaw, black patina with whitened teeth, minor damages

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A FINE BAULE HELMET MASK, bonu amwin, carved teeth in the square open jaws, semicircular eyes flanking the slender nose, the curved horns above the ears almost meeting at the tips and flanking a smaller projection, a small panel attached to the lower jaw, black patina with whitened teeth, minor damages
51cm. long

Lot Essay

Baule artists consider helmet masks, which are visible manifestations of the men's cult, to be one of their most challenging commissions. The subtle differences in the treatment and painting of the features of the masks identiy the various personae of the bonu amwin dances (Barbier, 1993, Vol. II, pp. 119-121).

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