A BAULE MASK, with pierced slits beneath the oval eyes, small pierced mouth, much keloid scarification, the high lobed coiffure with two carved square hair ornaments, short beard, pierced flange border, dark glossy patina with extensive traces of blue, white and pinkish pigments

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A BAULE MASK, with pierced slits beneath the oval eyes, small pierced mouth, much keloid scarification, the high lobed coiffure with two carved square hair ornaments, short beard, pierced flange border, dark glossy patina with extensive traces of blue, white and pinkish pigments
33cm. high
Provenance
Paul M. Ingersoll
Exhibited
Impact Africa: West African Art in the West, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1969

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