Baule Mask, Côte d'Ivoire

Baule Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
height 8in (20cm)

Provenance
Joseph Herman Collection, London/Suffolk
Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 December 2000, Lot 75
Graham Beck Collection, South Africa
Thence by descent

Of diminutive size and finely carved in hard wood, slightly hollowed out in back and pierced around the edges for attachments; the forehead slightly domed and bordered with a three-part coiffure with raised linear lines; pierced through at the eyes and mouth; fine, glossy honey-brown surface.